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I want to find a "true" nonlinear least squares problem which does have an analytical solution.



I tried to construct something with a Dirac-Delta function and ended up with $y_n = c^2delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$, in which I assumed a dataset $mathcal{D}=left{(x_1,y_1),ldots,(x_N,y_N) right}$. This equation is not really nonlinear in the coefficients as we can reformulate the regression equation to $y_n=tilde{c}delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$ with $tilde{c}geq 0$, hence this would still count as a linear regression with nonlinear basis functions.



Is there a well-known example of a nonlinear least squares problem that does have an analytical closed-form solution? References are appreciated.






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    I want to find a "true" nonlinear least squares problem which does have an analytical solution.



    I tried to construct something with a Dirac-Delta function and ended up with $y_n = c^2delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$, in which I assumed a dataset $mathcal{D}=left{(x_1,y_1),ldots,(x_N,y_N) right}$. This equation is not really nonlinear in the coefficients as we can reformulate the regression equation to $y_n=tilde{c}delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$ with $tilde{c}geq 0$, hence this would still count as a linear regression with nonlinear basis functions.



    Is there a well-known example of a nonlinear least squares problem that does have an analytical closed-form solution? References are appreciated.






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      I want to find a "true" nonlinear least squares problem which does have an analytical solution.



      I tried to construct something with a Dirac-Delta function and ended up with $y_n = c^2delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$, in which I assumed a dataset $mathcal{D}=left{(x_1,y_1),ldots,(x_N,y_N) right}$. This equation is not really nonlinear in the coefficients as we can reformulate the regression equation to $y_n=tilde{c}delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$ with $tilde{c}geq 0$, hence this would still count as a linear regression with nonlinear basis functions.



      Is there a well-known example of a nonlinear least squares problem that does have an analytical closed-form solution? References are appreciated.






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      I want to find a "true" nonlinear least squares problem which does have an analytical solution.



      I tried to construct something with a Dirac-Delta function and ended up with $y_n = c^2delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$, in which I assumed a dataset $mathcal{D}=left{(x_1,y_1),ldots,(x_N,y_N) right}$. This equation is not really nonlinear in the coefficients as we can reformulate the regression equation to $y_n=tilde{c}delta(x_n-x_1)x_n+varepsilon_n$ with $tilde{c}geq 0$, hence this would still count as a linear regression with nonlinear basis functions.



      Is there a well-known example of a nonlinear least squares problem that does have an analytical closed-form solution? References are appreciated.






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