Re: Different cases in Solve
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- Subject: [mg89595] Re: [mg89575] Different cases in Solve
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:29:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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Reduce[a x == b, x] (b==0&&a==0)||(a!=0&&x==b/a) Aaron Fude wrote: > Hi, > > When one does Solve[a x == b, x], one gets {{x -> b/a}}. How does one > get Mathematica to give you different solutions depending on cases: b/ > a if a nonzero, any number if a==b==0, and no solutions if a=0 and b > is nonzero? > > Many thanks in advance! > > Aaron > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Different cases in Solve