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2013-04-15 12:02:48 +0200 commented answer solve with "excess" equations

Thank you, I kind of went the "smart_solve" way, it just meant yet another iteration of ifs and fors in my application which I'd have liked to avoid. I had expected "solve" to be a bit smarter by itself but perhaps there would be too many implications if you'd expect a full test for solvability. Perhaps an error would be better instead of an empty solution though.

2013-04-15 09:54:19 +0200 asked a question solve with "excess" equations

Why does the following work

solve([a + b - 1, a - b], [a, b])

but this

solve([a + b - 1, a - b, c + d], [a, b])

gives an empty solution?

Can solve be convinced to ignore unnecessary equations?