Re: solve a non-linear equation

[yiwu ye <yiwu21111958@yahoo.com>]

Many thanks to Tim for hist prompt reply to my query. His suggestion solved my problem perfectly.  Thanks the S+ list. Yiwu


Tim Hesterberg <timh@insightful.com> wrote:

Use uniroot; you need to write it as 0 = f(x)
Or, use inverseFunction, part of the resample library.

> Dear list,
>
> Does any one know any simple command/function that can be used to sovle a non-linear equation? For example, x=a+bx*exp(-cx).Given a, b and c, to calculate x value. Thanks for help.
>
> Yiwu

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