#A helpful script for Exercise 3.4.2. #Here is the data for Exercise 3.4.2 data = [[0, 1.0], [300, 0.78], [1200, 0.37], [3000, 0.08]]; N = len(data); #However, we will work with the log of the concentration, so form logdata = [[data[i][0],log(data[i][1])] for i in range(N)]; #A plot: plt1 = scatter_plot(logdata); show(plt1) #aTo fit a function u(k,t) = k*t to this data by adjusting "k", define var('t k'); u(t,k) = k*t; #The model function to fit SS = function('SS')(k); SS(k) = add((u(logdata[i][0],k)-logdata[i][1])^2 for i in range(N)); #Now minimize SS(k) with respect to k.