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Re: Beginner--How to get a positive solution from Solve Command

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  • Subject: [mg67807] Re: Beginner--How to get a positive solution from Solve Command
  • From: dimmechan at yahoo.com
  • Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 04:56:25 -0400 (EDT)
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Î?/Î? abdou.oumaima at hotmail.com έγÏ?αÏ?ε:
> Hello mathgroup,
>
> I'm trying to solve and equation in a limit case, so I've to use Taylor series.
>
> In[1]: Normal[Series[1 - c  ArcTanh[&#958;]/&#958;, {&#958;, 0, 2}]]
> Out[1]: 1-c-c (&#958;^2/3)
>
> and
>
> In[2]: Solve[%==0,&#958;]
> Out[2]: {{&#958;->- (3(1-c)/&#958;)^1/2},{&#958;->(3(1-c)/&#958;)^1/2}}
>
> I need just the positive solution. How to force Solve to give me the positive value please.
>
> Any Help please.
>
> Thank you
>
I am not a specialist, but the following command seems to do what you
want:

ln[1]: DeleteCases[ξ /. Solve[Normal[Series[1 - c ArcTanh[ξ]/ξ, {ξ,
           0, 2}]] == 0, ξ], -a_]
Out[1]: \!\({\(\@3\ \@\(1 - c\)\)\/\@c}\)

I hope to help you.


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