Hello all,

please forgive me if the question is maybe ridiculous.

I want to use the symbolic solver with the maxima plugin, but when I write the equation I get the error that the variable a is not defined.This is correct, because I want to solve for this variable.


Therefore the question which mistake I make here?

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Hello all,

please forgive me if the question is maybe ridiculous.

I want to use the symbolic solver with the maxima plugin, but when I write the equation I get the error that the variable a is not defined.This is correct, because I want to solve for this variable.


Therefore the question which mistake I make here?

Hi,

you must force-define the symbolic analysis through a pop-up menu

maple is native in Smath for lot more with less trouble.

Contour Solve Isocurve DESCARTES.sm (41 KiB) downloaded 52 time(s).

As andrbig77 said, you have to set optimization to symbolic.
Maxima plugin is powerful, but requires manual installation.
For information, involving these type of symbolic calculations;
Maple plugin could do the same with much less effort.
Just click and install from plugins menu, that's all.

Regards