WolframAlpha[] give results but not parse!
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- Subject: [mg114439] WolframAlpha[] give results but not parse!
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 06:15:06 -0500 (EST)
In Mathematica 8.0, the following gives the expected explicit solution, graphs, etc.: WolframAlpha["solve dy/dt=2y(1-y)"] It even tells me the interpretation as "solve y'(t)=2y(1-y)". Of course, just using input =solve dy/dt=2y(1-y) gives the same results. However, the following (as well as the Ctrl= input form for it) gives no Mathematica translation of the input: WolframAlpha["solve dy/dt=2y(y-1)","MathematicaParse"] It is surprising that WolframAlpha "understands" what I asked but cannot actually tell me in Mathematica syntax the same thing! Or am I missing something? -- Murray Eisenberg Internet: murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Voice: 413-545-2859 (W) University of Massachusetts 413-549-1020 (H) Amherst, MA 01003 Fax: 413-545-1801