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symbolic solution (ArcTan)

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  • Subject: [mg33289] symbolic solution (ArcTan)
  • From: gleam at flashmail.com (Paul)
  • Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 03:15:09 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Is it possible to find an exact symbolic solution for x in ( x ==
ArcTan[5 - Pi + x] )?

I know that ( FindRoot[x == ArcTan[5 - Pi + x], {x, 1}] ) yields a
numeric solution ~= 1.2605, but again, I'd like to find an exact
symbolic solution if possible.

Paul 



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