Re: Inverse function warnings
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- Subject: [mg99174] Re: Inverse function warnings
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:05:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi,
because
Table[3^(2 x) - 12 (3^x) + 27 == 0 /.
x -> 1 + 2 I*Pi*any/Log[3], {any, 1, 10}]
gives True for all any and this is only found by Reduce[]
and not by Solve[].
Use
Quiet[
Solve[3^(2 x) - 12 (3^x) + 27 == 0, x]
]
if you wish to ignore an infinite number of solutions.
Regards
Jens
davef wrote:
> When I execute this in Mathematica 7:
>
> Solve[3^(2 x) - 12 (3^x) + 27 == 0, x]
>
> I get this:
>
> Solve::ifun: Inverse functions are being used by Solve, so some solutions may not be found; use Reduce for complete solution information. >>
>
> {{x->1},{x->2}}
>
>
> 1 amd 2 are proper solutions but is it possible to avoid the warning?
>
> If I use Reduce:
>
> Reduce[3^(2 x) - 12 (3^x) + 27 == 0, x]
>
> I get a set of 1 and 2 added to some imaginary number terms that I don't quite understand.
>
> I guess my question is: why would the use of inverse functions be so unreliable a solution as to necessitate a warning? And in the interest of clean output, can the warning be supressed other than by deleteing the cell?
>
> Thanks
>