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wrong variable in solution of an inequality

asked 2011-12-03 10:37:53 +0100

Elmi gravatar image

Hi everybody,

I am new to sage, trying to solve an inequality using sage, i.e:

m,a,d,w,e,c=var('m,a,d,w,e,c')

x_br=1/2*(2*c*d - d*e - d*w)/(2*d*m - e + w)

solve(x_br<=d/2,m)

But what I get is:

[[w == -2*d*m + c], [d == 0], [max(-2*d*m + e, -d*m + c) < w, 0 < d], [-2*d*m + e < w, w < -d*m + c, d < 0, -d*m + e < c], [-d*m + c < w, w < -2*d*m + e, d < 0, c < -d*m + e], [w < min(-d*m + c, -2*d*m + e), 0 < d]]

It is solved based on w instead of m. I tried different variables but the result is always the same. What should I do to have solution based on x?

Thank you in advance.

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answered 2011-12-03 12:07:52 +0100

benjaminfjones gravatar image

The problem here might be that Sage doesn't know whether your variables are positive or negative. If you don't make more assumptions there may be no way to solve the inequality symbolically.

It looks like in your inequality, the solution would strongly depend on whether (2*d*m - e + w) is positive or negative, and also whether d is positive or negative.

Try looking at the documentation for the function solve_ineq which uses Maxima to solve single inequalities in one variable or systems of inequalities in several variables.

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Thank you. But actually there is no assumptions about `(2*d*m - e + w)` in my problem. The only assumption is d>0 which when I apply it, it does not make any changes in the solution. Although I solved the problem by hand, I am so curious to know how to achieve desired arrangement in variables which may help me through remaining of my work.

Elmi gravatar imageElmi ( 2011-12-04 11:09:30 +0100 )edit

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