Some equations fail to solve even with to_poly_solve

asked 2012-09-03 01:02:34 +0200

heatkernel
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updated 2012-09-03 01:25:27 +0200

In the following, I would expect to obtain [z == 1/y*lambda_w(y)]:

sage: z=var('z')
sage: y=var('y')
sage: solve(log(z)+3*z==0, z, to_poly_solve=True)
[z == 1/3*lambert_w(3)]
sage: solve(log(z)+y*z==0, z, to_poly_solve=True)
[z == -log(z)/y]

But Sage doesn't want to solve the equation for z. Perhaps, in view of the fact that it solves the equation when 3 is in place of z, it doesn't realize that y is supposed to represent a real number. I tried assume(y,'real') but that command did not help.

Does anyone know a workaround?

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That's a valid observation. Maybe you (or someone) would be willing to post the issue upstream to the Maxima mailing list?

benjaminfjones ( 2012-09-03 01:23:03 +0200 )edit

I couldn't even reproduce the correct answers in Maxima, strangely.

kcrisman ( 2012-09-04 15:37:06 +0200 )edit

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thanks, that works.

heatkernel ( 2012-09-04 23:53:27 +0200 )edit

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