On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 13:26 +0000, Michael Xue wrote: eq1:exp(-3*x)=9/17; soln:-1/3*ln(9/17)-2/3*%i*%pi*5; subst(soln,x,eq1); This returns exp(ln(9/17)) = 9/17 for any integer z, x=-1/3*ln(9/17)-2/3*%i*%pi*z is a solution. True? tomdean