OK, that was too easy, as there was an exact symbolic solution.
Is this a solution Sage could have given symbolically as well? Here are the results for sin(1/x)==x on [-1,1] : It apparently computed many solutions and originally asked me whether I wanted to show all the found solutions or just some of them, and I pressed show all. It also tells you that it "couldn't prove that these are all of the solutions." There are many more solutions given however these are all I could fit on the screen. On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 5:56:54 PM UTC-5, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > > > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:23:44 PM UTC, saad khalid wrote: >> >> I have to apologize, I gave a slightly incorrect Mathematica code >> earlier, the actual code was: >> >> Solve[ Exp[-2*a*x]-1+4*a*x==0,x]//N >> >> The earlier code gave the wrong answer. Anyways: >> >> it could be a different function, which potentially would run much >>> longer, by repetitive splitting of the interval >>> (I guess that's what Mathematica is doing) >>> >> >> There appear to be 2 main solving functions in Mathematica, "Solve" and >> "Reduce," the differences are explained in this well written answer: >> >> https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/17127/what-is-the-difference-between-reduce-and-solve >> >> What is the result of such a Mathematica command on an example with >>> infinitely many roots given in this thread? >> >> >> >> So, the Solve function doesn't find any it seems but it tells you to use >> the Reduce function, which I think does give all the solutions. >> > > OK, that was too easy, as there was an exact symbolic solution. > How about solving sin(1/x)==x on [-1,1] instead? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
