Re: Why can't maxima solve...



James Frye wrote:
> ...something like this?
>
>   C1: f1(x):= x - 2 * sqrt (x);
>   C2: solve (f(x) = 10, x);

part(fundef(f1),2) gives back x - 2 * sqrt (x), which can be used to
substitute back into the
original expression.  It seems that the commercial macsyma does this.

BTW, I plan to be driving between Denver and Boston sometime in the next
2 months,
and would be interested in meeting with list members who live between
those cities.
Dan Stanger