Subject: beginner needs help with basic math concepts
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:06:26 -0400
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Julien Martin <balteo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an equation of the following form:
>
> A=(B-alpha*C)/beta (where alpha and beta are known or unknown)
>
> I want to obtain something of the following form:
>
> A = ? * C (in other words expressing A in function of C)
>
> My questions are as follows:
> 1. What is called the underlying maths concept of what I am trying to
> achieve?
>
2. What is the corresponding maxima function and its syntax?
Your first equation cannot be written in the second form -- at least not if
? cannot contain C.
-s