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Subject: Re: algebraic problem, no explicit solution
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In article <fpetpf$8i8$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Michael Snyder <sirzerp@mathworks.com> wrote:

>Want to see something funny?  Type this command into Maple.

>solvefor[y](1/k=1/((x-x1)^2+(y-y1)^2+(z-z1)^2)^(1/2)-1/((x-x2)^2+(y-y2)^2+(z-z2)^2)^(1/2));

"solvefor is deprecated. Please use the solve command"

>You will get 41 pages of result with 25 rootof causes.

In Maple 11, I get approximately 17200 characters of output.
If I put spaces around the '+' and automatically reformat,
it comes out about 300 lines. Only 4 RootOf clauses are
involved.
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