solutions of simple polynomial equations not exact
Subject: solutions of simple polynomial equations not exact
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:00:25 -0500
Has the default value of algexact changed? Though the exact solutions
are messy, Maxima is after all primarily a symbolic system, and I'd
think we should give exact solutions whenever we can (by default).
-s
On 11/28/06, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:
> Alternative: set algexact to true
>
> (%i1) algsys([x^2 = 2*y, y^2 = x/2],[x,y]), algexact : true;
> (%o1)
> [[x=(2^(1/3)*sqrt(3)*%i-2^(1/3))/2,y=-(2^(2/3)*sqrt(3)*%i+2^(2/3))/4], <
> junk deleted>