[sage-support] Re: Sage find_root error

2015-05-04 Thread Paul Royik
This is incorrect question. You are actually asking what is sage for? I need to solve arbitrary equations, so I don't know ahead of time how it will look like. On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 2:55:14 PM UTC+3, Dominique Laurain wrote: > > > What can be done ? > It depends of what you are looking for.

[sage-support] Re: Sage find_root error

2015-05-03 Thread Dominique Laurain
What can be done ? It depends of what you are looking for. : why you have to solve "x tan x = 0" ? A human will handle factorization and get the answer : x = 0 or tan x = 0...and you can continue yourself wthout computer, no ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

[sage-support] Re: Sage find_root error

2015-05-03 Thread Paul Royik
Thank you for your answer. And what should be done in this case? On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 10:27:44 AM UTC+3, Dominique Laurain wrote: > > > I bet I know why : we can trick mathematical sofware in various > ways,...,but why should we ? > find_root is "numerical" function to get approximate real r

[sage-support] Re: Sage find_root error

2015-05-03 Thread Dominique Laurain
I bet I know why : we can trick mathematical sofware in various ways,...,but why should we ? find_root is "numerical" function to get approximate real root of function in intervalwhen we know ( "theorically") the root exists !! the function can be implemented in various ways, and for example