solve(sqrt(x-1) = x-3)



2008/11/13 Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu>:
> "Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso" <jordigh at gmail.com> wrote on 11/13/2008 10:12:15
> AM:
>
>> Thank you for the code! Now, is there a reason why it can't be put
>> into solve() itself instead of a separate function?
>
> The only thing stopping this is ambition. I've done some work on a new
> version that adds new features (solve some trigonometric equation, ...)

Hm, interesting, interesting. Yeah, writing a good solver looks like a
lot of work. It's so frustrating sometimes to think that the problem
has already been solved to high degree of satisfaction by the likes of
Maple and Mathematica but the solution, the algorithmic mathematical
solution, is locked up by copyright laws. :-(

I'll definitely be toying with your code for a while... I'd like to
see how its functionality can be added to solve() too.

Thanks again for your work.
- Jordi G. H.