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Why does the solution contain imaginary number?

Dear All,

I have the below equation:

sol = NDSolve[{q'[t] == (a q[t]^b newefr[t] - q[t]) + (a q[t]^b (newefr[t] - newefr1[t])), q[1] == 0.001}, q, {t, 1, 456}]

Then I want to extract the value of q for each time step by using below command:

 Evaluate[q[t] /. sol]

For example for t=430:

Evaluate[q[10] /. sol]    result: {-8.60556*10^-13 - 1.18404*10^-16 i}

So may I know why does the solution contain imaginary number? Thanks in advance!

Best Regards, Intan

POSTED BY: INTAN SUPRABA
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Are you able to run the NDSolve using exactly the information shown in this thread? I cannot.

POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau

Dear Sean,

Thanks for your advices. I will try it out.

For Daniel: Thanks for your comments. Herewith the values of those variables: a and b are constant values where a is 117.59 and b is 0.006286. As for newfr:

   newefr = Interpolation[newefrain, InterpolationOrder -> 1]  

where:

newefrain = Table[rainfun[t]*ff, {t, 1, 456}] 

and the outcome of newefrain is

Out[51]={0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.0782492, 0.0260832, 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.782994, 1.04651, 0.13087, 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.078543, \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 2.38616, 0.585842, 0., 0.0266348, 0.454486, 0., \
0.0534934, 0., 0., 0., 0.402633, 0.35009, 0.814511, 0.409046, \
0.300972, 0.302013, 0.275445, 0.97566, 0.335963, 0., 0.0560349, 0., \
0.168478, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0.225311, 0.539042, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0.142133, 0.775951, 4.71685, 6.55095, 6.29473, 3.17511, 1.15515, \
0.481163, 0.403179, 0.0807243, 0.161803, 0.0809903, 0.243771, 0., \
0.16287, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.0407397, 0.0407619, 0., 0., 0., 0.204367, \
0.204925, 0.0820594, 0.288304, 0.289402, 0.248868, 0.0415004, \
0.124704, 0.0832257, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0.125041, 0., 0., 0.0834509, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.0835411, 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.125515, \
0.420641, 0.550661, 0.254968, 0.0425175, 0., 0.170433, 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 2.23244, 0.44003, 0., 2.16525, 3.31956, 0.281362, 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0.0938803, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.0939732, 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0.0470098, 0., 0., 0., 0.0941125, 0.141378, 1.24098, \
0.479622, 0.240392, 0., 0.0481016, 0.3863, 0.242018, 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., \
0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.}

Thanks for your attention. Best Regards, Intan.

POSTED BY: INTAN SUPRABA

I would expect it to depend on what are the values/definitions of a, b, and newefr. None of which are shown in the question (making it effectively impossible to do more than speculate).

POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau
POSTED BY: Sean Clarke
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