Re: How to find one expression in terms of another expression?
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- Subject: [mg119740] Re: How to find one expression in terms of another expression?
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:04:12 -0400 (EDT)
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On 20/06/2011 00:29, Jacare Omoplata wrote:
> I want to find dT in terms of dt. They are given below.
>
>
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> In[1]:= Element[{x1, x2, t1, t2, u, c}, Reals]
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> Out[1]= (x1 | x2 | t1 | t2 | u | c) \[Element] Reals
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> In[3]:= T1 = (t1 - ((u x1)/c^2))/Sqrt[1 - (u^2/c^2)]
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> Out[3]= (t1 - (u x1)/c^2)/Sqrt[1 - u^2/c^2]
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> In[4]:= T2 = (t2 - ((u x2)/c^2))/Sqrt[1 - (u^2/c^2)]
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> Out[4]= (t2 - (u x2)/c^2)/Sqrt[1 - u^2/c^2]
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> In[5]:= dT = T2 - T1
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> Out[5]= -((t1 - (u x1)/c^2)/Sqrt[1 - u^2/c^2]) + (
> t2 - (u x2)/c^2)/Sqrt[1 - u^2/c^2]
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> In[6]:= dt = t2 - t1
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> Out[6]= -t1 + t2
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> If I knew that dT can be written in terms of dt in the form,
> dT = a dt + b,
> Can I use Mathematica to find a and b?
>
> I tried using Solve[dT == a dt + b, dt], but that gives an error.
>
> If I didn't know that dT can be expressed this way, can I still
> express it in terms of dt ?
>
I tried evaluating:
Solve[dT == a dt + b, dt]
It worked perfectly, so I suspect that something had a value at that
point - say dT. BTW, if you get an error message, it usually helps to
include that as part of your query!
In a more complicated case, if there is a chance that something already
has a spurious value, a good trick is to change Solve to Solve1 (say) -
evaluating that should just echo back, but if dT had a value, you would
see that immediately.
David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
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