On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Janek Kozicki wrote:
< Leo Butler said: (by the date of Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:34:07 +0000 (GMT))
<
< > a^2*b^2*(y^2/b^2+x^2/a^2-1)*B^2+(y-y0)*B+(x-x0)*A = 0
< >
< > a quadratic in B. Maxima (solve) gives me two solutions to this
< > equation in B.
<
< thanks a lot, it starts to work now. Can you tell me, how can
< I extract the right hand side of one of those two solutions? I mean:
<
< B_result:solve(eq4,B);
<
< produces a lenghty:
<
< [B= ...., B= .....]
<
< And so I want to assign:
<
< B1: right_hand_side_of(B_result[1])
<
< Which doesn't work of course, so I do:
<
< B1: B_result[1]
<
< And it becomes:
<
< B1: B=.......
<
< But I want only the right hand side:
<
< B1: .......
Try
rhs
Leo
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