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NSolve fails where Solve succeeds!

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  • Subject: [mg43446] NSolve fails where Solve succeeds!
  • From: Pavel Pokorny <Pavel.Pokorny at vscht.cz>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Czech Technical University
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

  Dear Mathematica friends

   Solve[{{a,b},{c,d}}==0]

gives the correct solution in Mathematica 5.0 while

   NSolve[{{a,b},{c,d}}==0]

fails.

Is it a bug or an intention?

It would be nice to have Solve and NSolve giving 
as close results as possible.

-- 
Pavel Pokorny
Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny


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