> > I am not sure if this is even related. Does the solver rely on maxima, > > too!?
Absolutely. > > The following should yield at least one complex solution... (See also > > at the end ofhttps://sage.q1cc.net/home/pub/1/) > > > a,b = var("a,b") > > > solve([a*b==1,a+b==0],a) > > [] > > Try solving for both variables (specify both a and b): > > sage: solve([a*b==1,a+b==0], a, b) > [[a == -I, b == I], [a == I, b == -I]] > This is documented, I think, that one can use extra variables; it turns out that in Maxima this also fails with just one variable. Interestingly, in Maxima just one variable doesn't work, but no variables do (this is documented in Maxima): (%i6) solve([a*b=1,a+b=0]); (%o6) [[b = - %i, a = %i], [b = %i, a = - %i]] But this is orthogonal to simplify_radical. - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
