Easy Problem. Can this be done in Maxima/Axiom?
"Mark Clements" <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:11 +1100
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The following problem came up on the Maxima mail-list (translated here into Axiom): -- solve for x (over the Reals?) ex := (3/7)^(4*x-5)*(7/3)^(2*x-7)=1 I came up with several overly long solutions (using Fricas 1.0.3): rule1 := (rule log(7/3)==-log(3/7)) rule1 rhs solve(map(expandLog,map(log,ex)), x).1 -- or, similarly rule1 rhs solve(expandLog log lhs ex, x).1 rule2 := rule((a/b)^c*(b/a)^d==(a/b)^(c-d)) solve((rule2 lhs ex)=(rhs ex),x) Can anyone come up with a better solution? Kindly, Mark Clements. _______________________________________________ Axiom-mail mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-mail