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I'd like to know if there is a possibility to solve an equation in a while loop with 2 different steps. I want the step to be small at the beginning and bigger after a certain value of sigma (sigma is the parameter that changes). I don't have an exemple and didn't find anything near it here. It would look like :

If[sigma<0.5,iteration=0.05 Then[While[Solve[hat==0, x], Else[While[Solve[hat==0, x], with iteration 0.1]]]

"hat" is a system of equation (long to obtain and I can't copy everything); I want to know if it is possible, otherwise I'll just put the results together on a plot. Thanks!

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Yes. E.g.:

   iteration = 0.1; j = 0; sigma = 1;
   While[j < 0.3,
   j = j + iteration;
  If[j > .1, sigma = 0];
  Print[j];
  If[sigma < 0.5, iteration = 0.05, iteration = 0.1]];
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Yes! Seems like it! Thank you very much! – May Mar 29 at 14:49
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Is , iteration 0.1 doing anything here? – Mr.Wizard♦ Mar 29 at 19:26
sure, I meant iteration = 0.1. And all that is of course a quick schematic sketch. Just excercising quick understanding and answering. – Rolf Mertig Mar 29 at 21:48
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Actually, I didn't need the first "If" and j, because the second gives the condition if sigma<0.5 : iteration = 0.1, else sigma>0.5 : iteration = 0.05 :

    iteration = 0.1; \[Sigma] = 0; While[\[Sigma] <1, 
     \[Sigma] = \[Sigma] + iteration; Print[\[Sigma]]; 
     If[\[Sigma] < 0.5, iteration = 0.05, iteration = 0.1]];
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