> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Nathan Danneman wrote:
> > I would like to find the roots of complex univariate
> > expressions, such as y=x^3+2x^2-5.
--- On Tue, 9/6/09, Tirthankar Chakravarty wrote:
> /* begin */
> clear*
> mata
> polyroots((-5, 0, 2, 1))
> end
> /* end */
If your expression is not a polynomial you can look
at Ben Jann's -moremata- package, and in particular
his -mm_root()- and -mm_nrroot()- commands.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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