Timeline for How to solve the transcendental equation: $\tan(x) = \frac{2x}{x^2-1}$
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| Jul 11, 2017 at 6:09 | vote | accept | booksee | ||
| Jul 5, 2017 at 8:23 | comment | added | user107904 | Plotting the transcendental equation and using trial/error. I first started with an arbitrary increment (like $x_0=x_0+10$). Looking at the first 5 roots or so I noticed that the difference between consecutive roots was almost some multiple of $\pi$. You could replace $x_0=x_0+(jj−1)∗(jj/10^4)$ with $x_0=x_0+(jj−1)∗\pi|$ for instance | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 7:01 | comment | added | booksee | Thanks a lot. Do you have any explanation on the choice of increment ? | |
| Jul 5, 2017 at 4:36 | history | answered | user107904 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |