From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2002-01-21T04:18:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Solving equation for a variable


On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Massimiliano Mirra wrote:

> In a symbolic algebra tool named Yacas, one can do the following:
> 
> In> equation := area==base*height/2
> Out> area==(base*height)/2;
> In> Solve(equation,base)
> Out> (2*area)/height;
> Is there any Ruby module that allows something like that, or do you
> have any pointer to explanations of the involved algorithms?

see [ruby-talk:16383] and [ruby-talk:16387]. It only does very simple
stuff: no quadratics, etc.

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