help on using maxima to solve systems of equations
Subject: help on using maxima to solve systems of equations
From: Raymond Toy (RT/EUS)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:11:17 -0500
Tom Torfs wrote:
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> How can I get Maxima to recognize that sin(phi)^2+cos(phi)^2 = 1 ? Without this type of simplification, the solutions of my system will get huge and ugly.
trigsimp(sin(x)^2+cos(x)^2) -> 1
You may want to try "?? trig" to find out about some other trig
simplifications routines.
Ray