Re: Finding the intersect of two curves
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- Subject: [mg30217] Re: Finding the intersect of two curves
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 03:16:11 -0400 (EDT)
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Catherine,
Solve[{x^2 + y^2 == 4, x + y == 2}, {x, y}]
{{x -> 0, y -> 2}, {x -> 2, y -> 0}}
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"Catherine Neish" <cdneish at interchange.ubc.ca> wrote in message
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> Hello there.
>
> I was wondering if there is any way to find the intersection of two curves
> without knowing the equation of one of them.
>
> For example, I have the following curves:
>
> ImplicitPlot[function[x,y] == constant, {x, xmin, xmax}, {y, ymin, ymax}]
>
> function[x] == constant
>
>
> The curve generated by Implicit Plot does not have an explicit equation.
Is
> it still possible to find the point where these two curves intersect?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Catherine Neish
> cdneish at physics.ubc.ca
>
>
>