Solving systems of non-linear equations with both free and positive variables

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1987-1996

  Burns, Scott A ^a   Mueller, Keith M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Basins of attraction; Monomial method; Newton's method; Non linear equations; Numerical methods; Positive variables

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

BASINS OF ATTRACTION; MONOMIAL METHOD; NEWTON'S METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0033337053     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19991230)46:12<1987::AID-NME750>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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