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solve/system

systems of equations, multiple equations or unknowns

 Calling Sequence solve(eqns, vars)

Parameters

 eqns - list or set of equations and inequalities vars - list of names (unknowns)

Description

 • The system solver behaves slightly differently than the scalar solver. For linear systems of equations, see solve[linear].
 • Multiple solutions are reported only once. Solutions of irreducible polynomials of degree 2, 3, or 4 are represented implicitly by RootOfs.
 • Inequalities ($\mathrm{expr1}\ne \mathrm{expr2}$) are either part of the input or are generated from denominators, singularities, and so on. That the solutions will satisfy the equations and inequalities is guaranteed.
 • If there are more unknowns than equations, the solver will select the variables for which the system is easiest to solve.
 • If the global variable _MaxSols is set to an integer value, the solver will stop after _MaxSols solutions are found. By default this value is set to 100.

Examples

 > $\mathrm{solve}\left(\left\{x+2y=3,y+\frac{1}{x}=1\right\},\left[x,y\right]\right)$
 $\left[\left[{x}{=}{-}{1}{,}{y}{=}{2}\right]{,}\left[{x}{=}{2}{,}{y}{=}\frac{{1}}{{2}}\right]\right]$ (1)
 > $\mathrm{solve}\left(a{x}^{2}+bx+c,\left[a,b,c,x\right]\right)$
 $\left[\left[{a}{=}{a}{,}{b}{=}{b}{,}{c}{=}{-}{a}{}{{x}}^{{2}}{-}{b}{}{x}{,}{x}{=}{x}\right]\right]$ (2)
 > $\mathrm{solve}\left(\left\{{x}^{2}-{y}^{2}-y,x+{y}^{2},x\ne 0\right\}\right)$
 $\left\{{x}{=}{-}{{\mathrm{RootOf}}{}\left({{\mathrm{_Z}}}^{{3}}{-}{\mathrm{_Z}}{-}{1}\right)}^{{2}}{,}{y}{=}{\mathrm{RootOf}}{}\left({{\mathrm{_Z}}}^{{3}}{-}{\mathrm{_Z}}{-}{1}\right)\right\}$ (3)

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