Re: Overly complicated reductions?
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- Subject: [mg77626] Re: Overly complicated reductions?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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David Rees wrote: > Consider f(x)=e^(-2x) > > I wanted to retreive the inverse function f^-1(x), Mathematica to the > rescue: > \!\(Reduce[y == E\^\(\(-2\) x\), x]\) > > \!\(C[1] \[Element] Integers && y != 0 && > x == 1\/2\ \((2\ \[ImaginaryI]\ \[Pi]\ C[1] + Log[1\/y])\)\) > > This can't be right, I can rearrange it to just Ln(x)/-2 on paper. What did > I do wrong? > > Thanks You could specify a domain to get something closer to what you are looking for. For instance, In[1]:= Reduce[y == E^(-2*x), x, Reals] Out[1]= y > 0 && x == (1/2)*Log[1/y] Regards, Jean-Marc