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syms a1 a2 a3 a4 theta

dzdx = @(a1, a2, a3, a4) a1*pi*cos(.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 2*a2*pi*cos(pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 3*a3*pi*cos(1.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 4*a4*pi*cos(2*pi*(1-cos(theta)));

eqn1 = .06981 == (1/pi)* int(@(theta) dzdx(theta), 0, pi);

eqn2 = .19099 == (2/pi) * vpaintegral(@(theta) dzdx*cos(theta), 0, pi);

eqn3 = .19863 == (2/pi) * vpaintegral(@(theta) dzdx*cos(2*theta), 0, pi);

eqn4 = 0 == (2/pi) * vpaintegral(@(theta) dzdx*cos(3*theta), 0, pi);

eqns = [eqn1, eqn2, eqn3, eqn4];

S = vpasolve(eqns, [a1, a2, a3, a4])

I am trying to solve this system of equations that contains both integrals and symbolic variables. I've tried using int, integral, vpaintegral, and using matlabFunction on what is within the integral but nothing is working. I think it might have to do with the fact that int is returing a value with a synbolic variable contained within it. Anyone know how to fix this?

Note: I'm aware that I use vpaintegral and int that's a result of messing around to attempt to get code that works

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Torsten on 5 Mar 2024

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syms a1 a2 a3 a4 theta

dzdx = a1*pi*cos(.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 2*a2*pi*cos(pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 3*a3*pi*cos(1.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 4*a4*pi*cos(2*pi*(1-cos(theta)));

eqn1 = .06981 == (1/pi)*int(dzdx,theta,0,pi);

eqn2 = .19099 == (2/pi)*int(dzdx*cos(theta),theta,0,pi);

eqn3 = .19863 == (2/pi)*int(dzdx*cos(2*theta),theta,0,pi);

eqn4 = 0 == (2/pi)*int(dzdx*cos(3*theta),theta, 0,pi);

eqns = [eqn1, eqn2, eqn3, eqn4];

S = vpasolve(eqns, [a1, a2, a3, a4])

S = struct with fields:

a1: 0.049447415580834205495637650479853 a2: 0.014643697825083290473989334878046 a3: 0.0028036567554283219765824766361406 a4: 0.015106840082089730739717245612301

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Arguably the answer is slightly different than that.

syms a1 a2 a3 a4 theta

Pi = sym(pi);

dzdx = a1*Pi*cos(.5*Pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 2*a2*Pi*cos(Pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 3*a3*Pi*cos(1.5*Pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 4*a4*Pi*cos(2*Pi*(1-cos(theta)));

eqn1 = sym(06981)/sym(10)^5 == (1/Pi)*int(dzdx,theta,0,Pi);

eqn2 = sym(19099)/sym(10)^5 == (2/Pi)*int(dzdx*cos(theta),theta,0,Pi);

eqn3 = sym(19863)/sym(10)^5 == (2/Pi)*int(dzdx*cos(2*theta),theta,0,Pi);

eqn4 = 0 == (2/Pi)*int(dzdx*cos(3*theta),theta, 0,Pi);

eqns = [eqn1, eqn2, eqn3, eqn4];

S = vpasolve(eqns, [a1, a2, a3, a4])

S = struct with fields:

a1: 0.049447415580834208552594866935194 a2: 0.014643697825083291379297675387772 a3: 0.0028036567554283221499112269923545 a4: 0.015106840082089731673658145542382

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Manikanta Aditya on 5 Mar 2024

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Hey,

The issue you’re encountering is due to the fact that int and vpaintegral functions in MATLAB are not designed to handle symbolic variables in the way you’re trying to use them.

In your code, 'dzdx' is a function handle that expects numeric inputs, but you’re trying to pass a symbolic variable theta to it. This is causing the error.

Instead, you should define 'dzdx' as a symbolic function of theta, and then use the symbolic 'int' function to perform the integration. Here’s how you can modify your code:

syms a1 a2 a3 a4 theta real

dzdx = a1*pi*cos(.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 2*a2*pi*cos(pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 3*a3*pi*cos(1.5*pi*(1-cos(theta))) + 4*a4*pi*cos(2*pi*(1-cos(theta)));

eqn1 = .06981 == (1/pi)* int(dzdx, theta, 0, pi);

eqn2 = .19099 == (2/pi) * int(dzdx*cos(theta), theta, 0, pi);

eqn3 = .19863 == (2/pi) * int(dzdx*cos(2*theta), theta, 0, pi);

eqn4 = 0 == (2/pi) * int(dzdx*cos(3*theta), theta, 0, pi);

eqns = [eqn1, eqn2, eqn3, eqn4];

S = vpasolve(eqns, [a1, a2, a3, a4]);

This code defines 'dzdx' as a symbolic function of theta, and then uses the symbolic 'int' function to perform the integration. The 'vpasolve' function is then used to solve the system of equations. Note that 'vpasolve' returns a structure, so you might want to extract the solutions into separate variables for further use.

Hope this helps.

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