26 Sep
2008
26 Sep
'08
4:23 p.m.
----- Original Message ---- From: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:55:02 PM Subject: [math-fun] Simultaneous solutions of 2 eqns., 2 unknowns I have 2 equations in x & y, each of form trig(x) + P(x,y) = 0 where trig is sin or cos, and P is a real polynomial of degree 3 or 4. ________________________________ In Maple 12:
fsolve({cos(y) = x^4+y^4, sin(x) = x^3+y^3}, {x, y}); {x = 0.9667490675, y = -0.4317536212}
Gene