On 6/30/2011 6:26 AM, Michael Xue wrote:
> It seems that
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> solve(exp(-20000*x)=9/17,x);
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> sends maxima into an infinitive loop.
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> but solve(exp(a*x),x)=b) works.
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> Thank you in advance for helps and comments on this.
>
>
> Michael
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if you try solve(exp(-3*x)=9/17,x) you will get a hint of the reason.
Maxima is computing and trying to display the 20,000 distinct solutions
to your
problem. It takes a long time to do this.
Is this what you want to see?
RJF