Re: A simple problem
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- Subject: [mg25809] Re: A simple problem
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 01:41:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi,
something like
Solve[a*t^2/2 - p == 0, t] //
FullSimplify[#, Element[{a, p}, Reals] && a > 0 && p > 0] &
?
Regards
Jens
Paul Lutus wrote:
>
> I have a very simple notation problem I cannot solve (because of my limited
> knowledge of Mathematica).
>
> Example -- an equation from physics:
>
> f := a * t^2 / 2 - p == 0
>
> Now I want to create the different forms of this equation, such as:
>
> Solve[f,t]
>
> which produces:
>
> sqrt(2) * sqrt(p) / sqrt(a)
>
> Okay, the correct general solution. What I really wanted was the limited
> solution ( sqrt(2p/a) ). I know I need to say "assume all the variables are
> >= 0", but I can't figure out how to express this.
>
> I've tried applying a number of different constraints without success.
>
> Hey -- I warned you. Simple problem. :)
>
> --
>
> Paul Lutus
> www.arachnoid.com