Poul Riis wrote:
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> Is there a trick make maxima give a better response to the following:
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> solve(exp(x)=exp(x/2),x);
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Yes there is a trick.
solveradcan:true;
and then try again to get x=0 and exp(x/2)=0 for solutions.
I'm not aware of any way with Maxima to automatically do more with exp(x/2)=0,
or to find other solutions, like x=4*%i*%pi.
Mathematica 5.0, for your info, gives the result:
{Inverse functions are being used by Solve, so some solutions may not be found}
x=0.
Using Mathematica's Reduce gives
x=4i*pi*C where C is an integer.
RJF