Dear all,

I have the following problem: Maple does not simplify the denominator in the following example:

which gives

However, the result should be B. If only the denomiator is expanded it works: 

gives

which equals the nominator except for the B...

How can I use simplify in order to yield the desired result? 

Thanks a lot!

Dear all,

I have the following question, this code:

restart:
with(DifferentialGeometry):
DGsetup([w1,w2],N):
eq1 := ExteriorDerivative(w1);  
eq2 := ExteriorDerivative(w1) &wedge ExteriorDerivative(w2);
eq1 &wedge eq2;

Gives the error:
Error, (in DifferentialGeometry:-Tools:-DGzero)  given degree, 3, exceeds that of frame dimension, 2

Unfortunately, I am not so familiar with differential geometry but as far as I know dw1  (dw1  dw2) = 0 should be correct.

Thank you for your help
best
baustamm1

Dear all,

I have a question: how to compute the roots of exp(z) = -1 with z in C? 

I tried: 

fsolve( exp(z) = -1, z, complex );

But it only gives one root (0.1671148658e-3+4.934802220*10^9*I) which does not even seem to be correct. I would prefere smth like z_n = I*(2*n-1)*pi or at least multiple roots...

By using

solve(exp(x) = -1, x);

it returns I*Pi.

MATLAB MuPAD gives the desired result:

solve(exp(x) = -1, x)

(PI*I + 2*PI*k*I, k in Z)

Thanks!

Dear all,

I am trying to solve the following partial differential equation (transport or advection equation) with given initial and boundary conditions:

restart: with(PDEtools):
sys := [v*diff(u(x,t), x) + diff(u(x,t), t) = 0, u(x,0) = exp(-x), u(0,t) = sin(t)];
pdsolve(sys);

But it does not work. The solution is (or should be): 

u(x, t) = exp(t*v-x)+Heaviside(t-x/v)*(sin(t-x/v)-exp(t*v-x))

I think the reason is that the interval for t (in [0, inf)) and x (in [0, 1]) is not specified. On the other hand, this works:

restart: with(PDEtools):
sys := [diff(u(x, t), t) = diff(u(x, t), x, x), u(0, t) = 0, u(1, t) = 0, u(x,0) = f(x)];
sol := pdsolve(sys);

How can I solve a PDE like the transport equation with given initial AND boundary conditions?

Thanks a lot

Hello,

I have a question: why does the following not work and how can I make it work:

f(x)*a*b;
subs(a*b=y,%);

The result is f(x) a b but I want f(x) y. What can I do? I also tried eval.

Thanks and best regards.