All I could find by searching for "numerical" was this: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/tutorial/tour_algebra.html#solving-equations-numerically which doesn't answer my question. I have a function, f(x)=6.283185307*(1.000000001-cos(0.008726646*x)) f(48.0)
Note that I used 6.28.... instead of "2*pi", and 1.000000001 should be just 1.0; I was just trying to persuade Sage to give me just a number; but NOTHING seems to work. When I hit Evaluate, it spits out, -6.28318530700000*cos(0.418879008000000) + 6.28318531328319 Now, I understand that some professors might want "exact" results; but what could possibly be the use of getting an answer like this? Is there some way to just get a simple, numerical answer? TIA (Sorry about my frustration showing) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
