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I am attempting to solve quadratic equations using machine learning. I tried to write code using mxnet but fails because it is using linear regression while my problem is non-linear (as far as I know).

It is possible to predict the solution for arbitrary equations provided the at least one real root exists?

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  • $\begingroup$ Could you give an example of the form that you receive the equation in? For instance are you receiving (x, y) data and want to fit a quadratic equation to it? Or are you receiving an equation $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$? $\endgroup$
    – Neil Slater
    Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 14:18
  • $\begingroup$ @NeilSlater The equation itself (i.e. your 2nd option). This is just for testing machine learning capablitity for predicting solutinos for such problem where the solution is unknown. $\endgroup$
    – FindOutIslamNow
    Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 10:02
  • $\begingroup$ This should answer your question at least in part: researchgate.net/publication/… $\endgroup$
    – Vitaliy
    Commented Mar 18, 2019 at 18:38

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It is possible to predict the solution for arbitrary equations provided the at least one real root exists?

Yes.

You‘ll just need a sufficiently large training dataset and network that is flexible enough (start with one hidden layer).

You’re right your problem is not linear, thus you’ll need non-linear activation function.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks, but I tried many times to build a fully connected network without success getting even 0% accuracy on +100k dataset built using counter that evaluates in a quadratic equation. $\endgroup$
    – FindOutIslamNow
    Commented Apr 4, 2019 at 10:29

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