{VERSION 3 0 "SUN SPARC SOLARIS" "3.0" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2D Math" -1 2 "Times" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2D Comment" 2 18 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 } {CSTYLE "" -1 256 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" -1 257 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Heading 1" 0 3 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }1 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "" 3 256 1 {CSTYLE " " -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }3 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 256 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 17 "Solving Equations" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 54 "You can solve equations numerically using the command " } {TEXT 256 9 "fsolve. " }{TEXT -1 51 "You may have to specify the inte rval where you want" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 28 "the solution. For example, " }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 18 "fsolve(2^x=x^2 ,x);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 63 "This just found one solution. T he plot shows there is another." }{TEXT -1 0 "" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 21 "plot(2^x-x^2,x=0..5);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 118 "I'll specify an interval which contains the second one and omi ts the first one. I can use the plot to estimate where " }}{PARA 0 " " 0 "" {TEXT -1 92 "solutions are. (Of course, in this example you ca n solve by hand if you think for a while.)" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 " " {MPLTEXT 1 0 23 "fsolve(2^x=x^2,x=3..5);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 16 "You can use the " }{TEXT 257 6 "solve " }{TEXT -1 17 "command to solve " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "n;" "6#%\"nG " }{TEXT -1 14 " equations in " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "n;" "6#%\"nG" }{TEXT -1 30 " unknowns. Here's an example." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 31 "solve(\{x^2+y^2=4,x+y=2\},\{x,y\});" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 33 "There are two pairs of solutions." }{TEXT -1 0 "" }} {EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 0 "" }}}}{MARK "16" 0 } {VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 }