Dear all,

I have used Maple to solve a system of equations. The result involves the variable _S01. Does that denote any (real?) number? What's the difference between _S01 and _Z01?

Thanks in advance

Hi all

I have spend too much time trying to figure out why Maple won't solve this equation explicitly. Here is the code:

assume(0 <= s, 0 <= w, 0 <= t, 0 <= h):

diff(((w-s)^(1-t)-1)/(1-t)+(((1+r)*s)^(1-t)-1)/((1+h)*(1-t)), s);

solve(%, s)

It returns:

-(w-s)^(1-t)/(w-s)+1/(1+h)*((1+r)*s)^(1-t)/s

RootOf((w-_Z)^(1-t)*_Z+(w-_Z)^(1-t)*_Z*h-((1+r)*_Z)^(1-t)*w+((1+r)*_Z)^(1-t)*_Z)