solve has inconsistent behaviour when using exact numerical representations of numbers.
For example: sage: solve(sin(x) == 0.5, x) [x == 1/6*pi] sage: arcsin(0.5) 0.523598775598299 sage: solve(log(x) == 0.5, x) [x == sqrt(e)] sage: e^0.5 1.64872127070013 Shouldn't this be consistent? It seems to me that returning approximations makes more sense, because that's what all the functions do. -- 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
