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solved in a non algebraic way?

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• Subject: [mg42189] solved in a non algebraic way?
• From: Nick Chin <nchin at students.uiuc.edu>
• Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:57:07 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

hello,

ive been trying to solve an equation of the form

tan(kx) + m tan(x) = 0 , solving for x

but mathematica says " The equations appear to involve the variables to
be solved for in an essentially non-algebraic way. "

So is there another way to use mathematica to solve, or is it powerless
for this problem?

thanks

Nick

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