Solving non-linear equations - not enough input arguments

Hello,

I have some data that I approximated with a polynomial of degree 9, p(x), and I have a non-linear function (with unknown coefficients that is supposed to fit the data). I found a Taylor series of that function, ts(x). In order to find the coefficients, I would like to solve the system p(x) = ts(x).

function f = ts1( x )
% Taylor series expansion

    A = 70.94;
    B = x(1);
    C = x(2);
    D = x(3);
    E = x(4);
    %system of equations
  f(1) =      B*C*D - 1161; % x^1

f(2) =     -D*(C*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3) + (B^3*C^3)/6) - 22.21; % x^3

f(3) =      D*(C*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)) + (B^2*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/6 + B*C*((B^4*C^4)/120 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/3)) + 0.2839; % x^5

f(4) =      -D*(C*(B*((2*B^6*E)/15 + ((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5)/(12*B) + B^2*((2*B^4*E)/15 + B^4/7)) + (22*B^7*E)/105 + (B^3*E*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))/3) +...
       C*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)*((B^4*C^4)/120 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/3) + (B^2*C^3*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)))/6 + B*C*((B^3*C^4*((B^3*E)/3 + ...
       B^3/3))/60 + B^2*C^2*((B^4*C^4)/5040 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/60) + (4*B*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)^2 + 8*B^2*C^3*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)))/(24*B*C))) - 0.001837; % x^7

f(5) =    D*(C*((10*B^9*E)/63 + B*(((4*B^9*E^2)/5 + (12*B^9*E)/7)/(18*B) + B^2*((2*B^6*E)/21 + ((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5)/(20*B) + B^2*((2*B^4*E)/21 + B^4/9)) + (B*((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5))/20 +... 
      (2*B^4*E*((2*B^4*E)/15 + B^4/7))/3) + (B^3*E*((2*B^6*E)/15 + ((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5)/(12*B) + B^2*((2*B^4*E)/15 + B^4/7)))/3 + (B^5*E*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))/5) + B*C*((B*C*(4*B*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + ...
      B^3/3)^2 + 8*B^2*C^3*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))))/480 + (12*B^2*C^3*(B*((2*B^6*E)/15 + ((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5)/(12*B) + B^2*((2*B^4*E)/15 + B^4/7)) + (22*B^7*E)/105 + (B^3*E*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))/3) + ...
      12*B*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)))/(36*B*C) + B^2*C^2*((B^3*C^4*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/2520 + B^2*C^2*((B^4*C^4)/362880 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/2520) + (4*B*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)^2 + ... 
      8*B^2*C^3*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)))/(480*B*C)) + 2*B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)*((B^4*C^4)/5040 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/60)) + C*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)*((B^3*C^4*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/60 + ...
      B^2*C^2*((B^4*C^4)/5040 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/60) + (4*B*C^3*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3)^2 + 8*B^2*C^3*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5)))/(24*B*C)) + (B^2*C^3*(B*((2*B^6*E)/15 + ((4*B^7*E^2)/9 + (8*B^7*E)/5)/(12*B) + ...
      B^2*((2*B^4*E)/15 + B^4/7)) + (22*B^7*E)/105 + (B^3*E*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))/3))/6 + C*((B^4*C^4)/120 + (B*C^2*((B^3*E)/3 + B^3/3))/3)*((14*B^5*E)/45 + B*((2*B^4*E)/9 + B^4/5))) + 4.552e-06; % x^9
end

My main looks like this:

x0 = [-0.0095,    0.0014,    4.0000,    0.0165];

f = solve(@ts1, x0, options)

and the error is:

Error using ts1 (line 5)
Not enough input arguments.

Error in sym>funchandle2ref (line 1211)
    S = sym(x());

Error in sym>tomupad (line 1114)
    x = funchandle2ref(x);

Error in sym (line 151)
                S.s = tomupad(x);

Error in solve>getEqns (line 410)
        a = formula(sym(a));

Error in solve (line 227)
[eqns,vars,options] = getEqns(varargin{:});

[ashish ahir]

Please simplify your question, Make it more readable and understandable,

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

The way you’ve written your code, I believe you want the fsolve function instead.

Try this:

f = fsolve(@ts1, x0, options)

[John D'Errico]

Definitely the case. Anyway, solve would surely fail to find a solution, though vpasolve might succeed.