User Guide

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For information on solving equations and inequations symbolically using
the solve command, see the following section. For information on solving
equations numerically using the fsolve command, see Numerically Solving
Equations (page 84).
Symbolically Solving Equations and Inequations
The solve command is a general solver that determines exact symbolic
solutions to equations or inequations. The solutions to a single equation or
inequation are returned as an expression sequence. If Maple does not find
any solutions, the solve command returns the empty expression sequence.
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It is recommended that you verify the solutions returned by the solve com-
mand. For details, see Working with Solutions (page 86).
To return the solutions as a list, enclose the calling sequence in brackets ([
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