Hi

Using fsolve I evaluate a system of 32 vars 32 eqs:

solutions:=fsolve(equations,{C1,C2,C3..etc...C30,C31,P},P=0..10);

For most vars there is a unique answer, but P is the solution to a trancendental equation. When I specify a range to find s0lutions in, fsolve returns the largest solution default. Unfortunately, I need the smallest nontrivial solution.

Does anyone know a way of retrieving the first solution in the range?

Thanks in advance.
Erik

Hi

To find the deflection of a bar under buckling I am trying to solve a set of 10 unknowns and 10 equations, with equations like this one:

eq3 := C1*cos(P^(1/2))+sin(P^(1/2))+5*C3+C4 = C5*cos(P^(1/2))+sin(P^(1/2))+5*C7+C8

(the complete file is included)

When I try to solve the system, Maple is able to evaluate all the C's but not P. That makes sense, because P will be a solution of a transcendental equation (something like tan(x)=x) as opposed to the the C's all being linearly dependant.