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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:24:32 -0500
From: Jon Nelson <jn@pobox.com>
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Matt Sullivan wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
>         I'm working on a problem solving AI system, which primarily working in
> the quantitative fields of science. Part of the system needs to be able
> to rearrange formulae and then solve them. For example :
> 
>         v = u + at
> 
>         is a common equation, and currently the system could solve for v with
> ease. But the formula may have to be rearranged to solve for u, a or t.
> Things get more complicated when looking at things like :
> 
>         a = b + sin(c)
> 
>         given a and b, what is the best way for solving for c?
> 
>                 Matt
> --

I have used Mathcad for stuff like that.  It comes with a stripped down
version of Maple, which is designed specifically for that kind of
analysis.

Other math programs, such as Mathematica or Matlab can also do that
stuff, but I am not very familiar with those.

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