Re: Solve or Reduce?
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- Subject: [mg64378] Re: [mg64363] Solve or Reduce?
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:31:49 -0500 (EST)
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C[1] is the first arbitrary constant (highlight C and select from the menu
Help/Find Selected Function.../
Do the same for && and other unknown operators.
Your equation was somewhat garbled. Try something like this
Needs["Graphics`"];
ImplicitPlot[(13 Cos[q]-(5+8 Cos[f]))^2+
(13 Sin[q]-(7+8 Sin[f]))^2==49,
{q,0,4Pi},{f,0,4Pi},PlotPoints->100];
Bob Hanlon
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> From: Math Novice <math_novice_2 at yahoo.com>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg64378] [mg64363] Solve or Reduce?
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> I'm looking to solve the equation
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> (13 Cos[q]-(5+8 Cos[f]))^2+(13 Sin[q]-(7+8 Sin[f]))^2?49
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> so that I can graph phi as a function of theta in the first quadrant only. A
graph of the solution obtained using the Solve command produces
unexpected results and I haven't used Mathematica much so I'm having
trouble intrepreting the results that the Reduce operation produces. I
understand that the solution is periodic but can someone interpret what the
other symbols in the solution mean, e.g., C[1], &&, || etc.?
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