| Author | Comment |
tonyr1988
Probe
Posted: 11 Oct 2005
20:52 GMT
Total Posts: 2 | Whenever I do something like:
solve(sin(x) = 1/2, x)
It returns:
x = 2*@n1*(pi)+(5(pi)/6) or x = 2*@n1*(pi)+(pi)/6
Any idea why it's doing this, or what I can do to fix it? What's the @ sign and the n mean?
Thanks in advance. |
Lunchbox
Carrier
Posted: 11 Oct 2005
21:06 GMT
Total Posts: 2007 | It means that there are more that one possible answers, and it should be giving you a solution set for the equation. @n1 stands for any integer, and x is the solution. |
tonyr1988
Probe
Posted: 11 Oct 2005
21:16 GMT
Total Posts: 2 | Is @n2 an even integer? |
Ray Kremer
Ultralisk
Posted: 12 Oct 2005
11:15 GMT
Total Posts: 310 | @n2 is just another any integer. It cycles through @n1 to @n99. Refer to the entry for solve() in the appendix of the manual. |
