Choose one solution in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg36095] Choose one solution in Mathematica
- From: roberto.de_santis at ecb.int (Roberto)
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 05:52:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dear all, Assume that x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0 The two solutions are x = -1 and x = 1. If I assume that x > 0, then the only relevant solution would be x = 1. How can I tell this to Mathematica? Solve[x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0, x] and then........ Many thanks. Roberto De Santis