Newbie Question -- Expression Evaluation



Try subst(x=2, ieq4)


Inequalities hold on one side of a boundary. Find the boundary, and then
test on each side. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu [mailto:maxima-
> bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Wood
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 4:02 PM
> To: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Newbie Question -- Expression Evaluation
> 
> I'm a rank newbie with maxima and CAS' in general.  I have a couple of
> questions:
> 
> First, it appears there are no facilities specifically for solving
> inequalities, linear or otherwise, right?
> 
> Second, I have the expression "x + 4 < 2 * (x + 5)" bound to the label
> "ieq1".  I can't get it evaluated even after "assume( equal(x, 2) )".  I
> also tried evaluating "at( ieq1, [x=0] )" which returned "4 < 10", which
> seemed like progress, but following that with "ev( % )" returned the
> same thing.  How do I get expressions like this evaluated?  More
> fundamentally, what am I missing?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  -- Bill Wood
> 
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