Does anyone know how to solve a large equation for an expression instead of one single variable. I know that you can solve an expression for a single variable such as x with no problem. Can you solve an equation for an expression such as r/(K^2/(4*pi*sigma^2))? Therefore, that expression needs to be on the left hand side of the equal sign.

Thanks.

2/6/2007 1:03:05 PM

just define the expression as a single variable

2/6/2007 2:06:07 PM

I'm not a Maple expert, so I don't know, but I thought I'd mention one thing (which may or may not be obvious, so I don't know that this will really help any).

In certain simple cases, you could just use a subsitution. For a really simple example:

y = (sin(x) + 1) / sin(x)

If you want to solve for sin(x), just write it as y = (u + 1)/u and ask Maple to solve for u (=sin(x)).

2/6/2007 2:07:41 PM