ezunits and solve



>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:

    Robert> On 2012-10-29, Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow at withouthat.org> wrote:
    >> I'm trying to use "ezunits" to do some calculations, but when using
    >> units, "solve" looses its capability of solving even simple equations.

    Robert> It's late in the game, but for the record, I have beefed up ezunits
    Robert> with new function solve_dimensional which can solve some equations
    Robert> involving units. (It is a new function because there isn't an easy
    Robert> way to intercept calls to the built-in solve function.) The new
    Robert> function reformulates the problem, calls the built-in solve, then
    Robert> rebuilds any units expressions.

    Robert> The current version is committed to the master branch, so it will
    Robert> appear in the 5.30 release (not Maxima 5.29).

Thank you very much. This is what I was hoping for.

Toto

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