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### How to use output from previous line in Plot? [duplicate]

Suppose, I want to solve a equation and want to obtain it's first root. In this case I've used In[1]=:Solve[b^2 + b*z + 1 == 0, b][[1]] This gives ...
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### Check if an inequality holds among the solutions returned by Solve [duplicate]

Let's say I solve a system: Solve[{a == 3* c, b == 2 *a}, {a, b}] and then want to see if the values found for a and ...
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### How to extract Solve results as variables [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Assign the results from a Solve to variable(s) In the following example: ...
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### How to get a number from Solve [duplicate]

It's often useful to get just one number from Solve. I use the following construction for acquiring one solution from the expression returned by ...
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### Assign the result of Solve in a list [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Assign the results from a Solve to variable(s) I want to assign the results of a Solve command in a list. For example Solve[-((287 s^3)/50) == 0, s] returns {{s -> 0}, ...
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### The /. syntax in numerical methods [duplicate]

I have an analytical approximation method for solving an ODE and want to compare this to an NDSolve solution, but the syntax is confusing me. To get the solution from NDSolve, I define the ODE as eqn ...
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### How to convert the expression '{a->a0, b->b0}' to the expression 'a=a0; b=b0'? [duplicate]

How to convert the expression '{a->a0, b->b0}' to the expression 'a=a0; b=b0'? I think this is a common question and do not know if someone has asked it before. Any help or suggestion will be ...
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### Assigning the answer of Solve to a variable [duplicate]

If I enter Solve[(x-2)(x+2)==0,x] then the answer comes up as {{x -> 2}, {x -> -2}} I want to make two variables ...
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### Error when solving equations constructed with Table [duplicate]

I have a couple of questions about the problem I am trying to solve ...
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### Storing solution to x and y [duplicate]

If I do sol=Solve[{2x+2==y,3x+9==y},{x,y}] then Mathematica will tell me {{x -> -7, y -> -12}} But I would like to ...
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### Store results of inequality [duplicate]

I eveluated some values using Reduce commend and I store them in a Table ...
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### What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?

As you may already know, Mathematica is a wonderful piece of software. However, it has a few characteristics that tend to confuse new (and sometimes not-so-new) users. That can be clearly seen from ...
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### Injecting a sequence of expressions into a held expression

Consider the following toy example: Hold[{1, 2, x}] /. x -> Sequence[3, 4] It will give Hold[{1, 2, Sequence[3, 4]}] ...