Recent content by ArbyFisher

Sorry didn't see it before I blinked, then I deleted it, thanks.

Exactly. If the numbers are "very nice", as in the example, then the factoring works charmingly. But, if the numbers are only rationally nice, then the solution begins to devolve into combinatorial factoring dementia, and factoring then doesn't appear to be a general solution. Finally, of...

Solve for real-valued x, e-aX + e-bX = 1, where a and b are arbitrary known constants > 0. For example, e-48.12/50 + e-48.12/100 ~ 1.00 In this case X = 48.12 (to two decimals), a = 1/50 and b = 1/100. For any specific values of a and b, a computational solution can easily be determined...