Filled function method for nonlinear equations

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Abstract

Systems of nonlinear equations are ubiquitous in engineering, physics and mechanics, and have myriad applications. Generally, they are very difficult to solve. In this paper, we will present a filled function method to solve nonlinear systems. We will first convert the nonlinear systems into equivalent global optimization problems with the property: x is a global minimizer if and only if its function value is zero. A filled function method is proposed to solve the converted global optimization problem. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate our new techniques.

MSC

90C26
90C30

Keywords

Filled function
Filled function method
System of nonlinear equations
Local minimizer
Global optimization

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