Re: Usage of #1
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96308] Re: Usage of #1
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:21:18 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gmrmdk$9uk$1@smc.vnet.net>
"Root[1+a #1+a^2 #1^5 &,1]" is to be read as the first root of the equation 1+a x1+a^2 x^5=0. The solutions to this and many similar equations cannot be given in a closed form or are extremely complicated. Sometimes ToRadicals[ ] may work. If you didn't have a symbolic parameter a in the equation N[ ] would work. Cheers -- Sjoerd On Feb 10, 12:54 pm, Nandhini <nandhini.gopa... at gmail.com> wrote: > Frnds, > Im very new to mathematica. I have got a result where im getting > something like "Root[1+a #1+a^2 #1^5 &,1]. i wud like to know how else > i can write it. i dont want the #1 to b displayed. is tehre any > alternative. Plz help me out of this. > > Thanks in advance, > Nandhini