[R] How to solve following equation?

[RON70]

Thanks for this reply, However I am interested to know why I need to modify
my function to a=1?

Regards,


Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
> 
> Assume a = 1.  If not set b = b/a, etc.
> Now use (1) uniroot
> 
>> f <- function(x) b + c/(1+x) + d/(1+x)^2 - 1 - x
>> uniroot(f, 0:1)
> $root
> [1] 0.8392679
> 
> $f.root
> [1] 3.049818e-05
> 
> $iter
> [1] 3
> 
> $estim.prec
> [1] 6.103516e-05
> 
> or multiply through by 1+x
> and subtract 1 from both sides giving
> x = b + c/(1+x) + d/(1+x)^2 - 1
> and iterate that.
> 
>> a <- b <- c <- d <- 1
>> x <- 0
>> for(i in 1:25) {
> + x <- b + c/(1+x) + d/(1+x)^2 - 1
> + print(x)
> + }
> [1] 2
> [1] 0.4444444
> [1] 1.171598
> [1] 0.6725419
> [1] 0.9553676
> [1] 0.7729558
> [1] 0.8821595
> [1] 0.8135892
> [1] 0.8554268
> [1] 0.829437
> [1] 0.8454056
> [1] 0.835527
> [1] 0.8416126
> [1] 0.837854
> [1] 0.8401717
> [1] 0.838741
> [1] 0.8396236
> [1] 0.839079
> [1] 0.839415
> [1] 0.8392076
> [1] 0.8393356
> [1] 0.8392566
> [1] 0.8393053
> [1] 0.8392753
> [1] 0.8392938
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:47 PM, RON70 <ron_michael70 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I need to solve a equation like this :
>>
>> a = b/(1+x) + c/(1+x)^2 + d/(1+x)^3
>>
>> where a,b,c,d are known constant. Is there any R-way to do that?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
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