Re: Derive quadratic equation?

[Geordie McBain]

Octave's more designed for numerical computation than symbolic.  For
this sort of problem, try a CAS (Computer Algebra System) like GNU Calc
or GNU Maxima; e.g. with GNU Maxima:

(%i6) solve (a*x^2+b*x+c,x);

                         2                         2
                   sqrt(b  - 4 a c) + b      sqrt(b  - 4 a c) - b
(%o6)       [x = - --------------------, x = --------------------]
                           2 a                       2 a

On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 17:44 -0800, mekaj (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
> I'm completely new to Octave but I'm very interested in learning.
>  Could somebody please post a sample code for symbolically deriving
> the quadratic equation given the initial equation: A*x^2 + B*x + C =
> 0 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
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