Re: Re: Re: odd mathematica blindspot
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- Subject: [mg56593] Re: [mg56547] Re: [mg56472] Re: [mg56468] odd mathematica blindspot
- From: Edward Peschko <esp5 at pge.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 03:21:57 -0400 (EDT)
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> >In[1]:= Off[Solve::ifun];
> >
> >In[2]:= sol[a_, b_] := Solve[a^x == b, x]
> >
> >In[3]:= sol[(9999999999/10000000000), .5]
> >
> >Out[3]= {]
>
> You really ought to lean how to cut-and-paste or otherwise copy
> correctly. This is at least the second typo in a handful of posts, and
> the last caused no end of confusion becasue you claimed no solution for
> a problem that manifestly gave a solution.
>
well, I disagree - the original message:
http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2005/Apr/msg00808.html
shows
Solve[(9999999999/10000000000)^x == .5, x]
which has no solution. In responses, people automatically substituted .5
for 1/2, and hence got solutions.
I do apologize in retrospect for the typos though - unfortunately I'm
in an environment where mathematica is on one machine (windows) and
my email is on another (solaris). Hence, no cut and paste, and a bunch of
retyping.
Anyways, thanks for the difference between ':=' and '=' - that's another thing
that is exceedingly nice to know.
I'm *still* wanting a quick mathematica cheat sheet that describes all of
the ins and outs of Mathematica's syntax though - the integrated help that comes
with it does not focus on datastructure interaction *at all* - it just gives
bits and pieces of it, and IMO not nearly enough examples...
Ed
- References:
- odd mathematica blindspot
- From: Edward Peschko <esp5@pge.com>
- Re: odd mathematica blindspot
- From: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda@gmail.com>
- Re: Re: odd mathematica blindspot
- From: Edward Peschko <esp5@pge.com>
- odd mathematica blindspot