[R] Solution to non-linear equation problem

[Spencer Graves]

	  RSiteSearch("solving nonlinear equations") just returned 42 hits for 
me, many of them potentially relevant to your question.  And there are 
more capabilities than what I found listed in the first few responses, 
including nlme in addition to optim, nls, etc.  A more focused question 
as suggested in the posting guide! 
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html might elicit more 
informative responses.

	  spencer graves

Scott Story wrote:

> 	Thanks to Gabor, Duncan, and Peter. I knew the answer had something to 
> do with solving for a and b in terms of mean and variance. I will build 
> a function using the equations you provided Duncan and will  look into 
> using Mathomatic in the future Gabor. Appreciate the help. Peter, this 
> was not homework but I understand your concern. I don't use listserves 
> that often but they do open a whole arena for students to get free 
> information (hadn't even crossed my mind). Just as an aside, I take it 
> that R cannot solve non-linear equations (since you all gave me 
> solutions outside of it).
> 
> 

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