I got the same error. > sessionInfo() R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03) i386-pc-mingw32
locale: LC_COLLATE=Spanish_Colombia.1252;LC_CTYPE=Spanish_Colombia.1252;LC_MONETARY=Spanish_Colombia.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Spanish_Colombia.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base however, you can modify the maximum number of subdivisions for integrate (check ?integrate) > z=423 > integrate(function(y,z){ + sapply(y, function(y,z){ + integrate(function(x,z) + 1/x*dbeta(0.01,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*dbeta(y,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*(1-y)^z,0,1,423)$value }) + },0,1,423, subdivisions = 150) 18.97078 with absolute error < 0.0013 hth, VĂctor H 2008/9/30 Charles C. Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What verson of R? > > Works for me: > >> integrate(function(y,z){ > > + sapply(y, function(y,z){ > + integrate(function(x,z) > + > 1/x*dbeta(0.01,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*dbeta(y,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*(1-y)^z,0,1 > + ,423)$value > + }) > + },0,1,423) > 18.9513 with absolute error < 0.0011 >> >> sessionInfo() > > R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25) > i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 > > locale: > C > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >> > > HTH, > > Chuck > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Susanne Pfeifer wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to use R's integrate function to calculate the following >> integral for z=423: >> >> integrate(function(y,z){ >> sapply(y, function(y,z){ >> integrate(function(x,z) >> >> 1/x*dbeta(0.01,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*dbeta(y,x/(0.005/1.005),(1-x)/(0.005/1.005))*(1-y)^z,0,1,423)$value >> }) >> },0,1,423)$value >> >> but I receive an error message saying that the maximum number of >> subdivisions is reached. If I choose a smaller z it works fine. Does >> anyone know what the problem is? >> >> Thank you very much in advance, >> Tiffy >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > Charles C. Berry (858) 534-2098 > Dept of Family/Preventive > Medicine > E mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] UC San Diego > http://famprevmed.ucsd.edu/faculty/cberry/ La Jolla, San Diego 92093-0901 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.