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December 6, 2018 04:47
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Maxima units problem?
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kill(all); | |
load("ezunits"); | |
x : c1*t^2 + c2*t + c3$ | |
dx : diff(x,t)$ | |
eqns : [ev(x,t=0`s) = 0`m, | |
ev(x,t=5`s) = 5`m, | |
ev(dx,t=0`s) = 1`(m/s)]$ | |
/* | |
[c3 + 0 ` s + 0 ` s = 0 ` m, | |
c3 + 5 c2 ` s + 25 c1 ` s = 5 ` m, | |
m | |
c2 + 0 ` s = 1 ` -] | |
s | |
In the first equation, c2 and c1 are missing, so their units don't end | |
up contributing, and the resulting system is unsolvable. I think? | |
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