How to force Mupad

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April 11, 2018
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First I want to apologize as I did send the same message 30 minutes ago but as I do not see it in the message list I am unsure whether it went through.

I would like to solve this equation (a*b+c*x^d)/(b+x^d)=y for x. In mathematica this went smoothly but not with Mupad (see worksheet). Could one of the more proficient Mupad users show me how I can force Mupad in giving me the same answer as mathematica?

1_SymbolicCollaboratory.zip

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LucMeekes

23-Emerald IV

Mupad? This forum is on Mathcad and Prime!

Anyway. It might help if you tell the symbolic processor what type of variables a...d and y are: If they're positive, and/or real (rather than complex).

Success!
Luc

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FDS

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13-Aquamarine

Sorry Luc, I am using Mupad in Mathcad 15 (should have mentioned that).

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LucMeekes

23-Emerald IV

No problem.

This is what Mathcad 11 with the Maple symbolic engine produces:

Success!
Luc

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-MFra-

21-Topaz II

Hi FDS,

FDS answer.jpg

1_FDS.zip

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

The following study, using a simplified expression, may give you an idea of how muPad ticks. On contrary to Maple it defaults to domain complex and like the symbolics in older versions of Mathcad the assume modifier is not always achieving the desired effect.

Mupad seems to consider much more special cases in its calculations, it "knows" that powers are not defined in real domain for every combination of base and exponent, etc. and while this may be correct from a mathematical point of view it can be annoying in everyday use.

Maybe the problem is, that MuPad first was developed by university mathematicians. maybe the problem is, that Mathcad and Prime are using a very old and limited version of muPad. As muPad now is owned by Mathworks, owners of MatLab and a competitor of PTC (really? can we still say that Mathcad Prime is a competitor of MatLab?) chances are low that symbolics in Prime will be enhanced in the near future.