Re: Wrong Answer
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- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:59:19 -0400 (EDT)
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If I use exact rationals for the parameters -- r := {px -> 1/2, py -> 1/2, vx -> 1/2, vy -> 1/2} -- then Solve[p,t]/.r gives division by 0 errors. That's with Mathematica 9.0.1 under OS X (10.8.3). On Apr 26, 2013, at 11:09 PM, christopher arthur <chris.arthur1 at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I've discovered that Solve[] gives me the wrong answer for some > polynomial equations. For example, consider the following equation, > which should have exactly one positive, real answer for t. > > p:=(px + t vx)^4 + (py + t vy)^4==1 > r:={px->0.5,py->0.5,vx->0.5,vy->0.5} > NSolve[p/.r,t] > > NSolve gives the right answers if I substitute for px,py,vx and vy > before solving. On the other hand, if I use Solve[] this way: > > Solve[p,t]/.r > > I get a different answer, and it's not correct. > Does Solve[] just malfunction with quartic polynomials or is there > something else happening? > > Chris > > mathematica 5.2 > > Solve[p] --- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2838 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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