Store function in an array

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Ductho Le
Ductho Le on 17 Aug 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson on 19 Aug 2019
Hi every one, i have a problem in my MATLAB code that i want to store user defined functions in an array(6x6) and use this array for calculation such as take its determinant and solve the det = 0 equation. Example as code below
A = @(c) 3.*c +1;
B= @(c) [A A A;...
A A A;...
A A A];
C= @(c) det(B);
D= fsolve(C,1)
But it got this error:
Undefined function 'det' for input arguments of type 'function_handle'.
Error in Untitled>@(c)det(B)
Error in fsolve (line 230)
fuser = feval(funfcn{3},x,varargin{:});
Error in Untitled (line 4)
D= fsolve(C,1)
Caused by:
Failure in initial objective function evaluation. FSOLVE cannot continue.
Can any one help me to solve this problem..thanks you so much!
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Ductho Le
Ductho Le on 17 Aug 2019
Hi @madhan ravi, in the example i use (3x3) array, (6x6) is similar.
Stephen23
Stephen23 on 17 Aug 2019
Edited: Stephen23 on 17 Aug 2019
"i want to store user defined functions in an array'"
Your example shows a 3x3 matrix with identical elements, which means that its determinant is always zero.
You write "functions" (plural) but then attempt to construct a 3x3 matrix using just one function: do all matrix elements always contain exactly the same function, or can the different matrix elements contain different functions? Please show another example matrix.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 17 Aug 2019
A = @(c) 3.*c +1;
B= @(c) [A(c) A(c) A(c);...
A(c) A(c) A(c);...
A(c) A(c) A(c)];
C= @(c) det(B(c));
D= fsolve(C,1)
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 19 Aug 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson on 19 Aug 2019
Note: the symbolic approach I showed will fail if the function contains any if statements that test the input. If the function contains any relational tests that are being used for numeric calculations, such as (x>3)*5+(x<-2)*9 then the symbolic approach will not produce an error but will create an expression that might produce results you do not want. The symbolic approach will typically produce wrong results if the function uses mod() on the input -- mod is defined a bit strangely on symbolic expressions.
Ductho Le
Ductho Le on 19 Aug 2019
i see, i think that i have to try another approach for my problem. Thanks again!

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