Why does solve() produces an error?
Why does solve() produces an error? TypeError: The first argument must be a symbolic expression or a list of symbolic expressions.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
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var('Ex Ey Ez')
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E=vector([Ex,Ey,Ez])
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var('Px Py Pz')
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P=vector([Px,Py,Pz])
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var('LAx LAy LAz LBx LBy LBz')
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LA=vector([LAx,LAy,LAz]); LB=vector([LBx,LBy,LBz])
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var('k QAx QAy')
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QA=QAx*LA+QAy*LB
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solve(E-P==k*(E-QA), [k, QAx, QAy])
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solve((E-P).cross_product(E-QA)==0, [QAx, QAy])