[Maxima] Solution of "borderline" eqs. in Mathematica, Maple, and Maxima (was "linsolve")

Richard Fateman fateman at cs.berkeley.edu
Tue Apr 3 11:36:28 CDT 2007


> 
> Well "any value of x" would be incorrect also since the original
> equation was x/x=1. I would say that the answer [] is wrong.

Unless the command turns off the simplifier (usually a bad idea) then the
command does not ever see x/x.  It sees 1, which is the simplified form of
x/x.  Tracing Solver should show no difference between calling it with 1=1
or x/x=1.

RJF


More information about the Maxima mailing list