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Challenging trig expression for solve/simplify #13754
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The following should be able to be solved for n, but I can't check it here:
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That simplifies it a great deal but solve/solevset still can't handle it. |
What are you getting? I get
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I get |
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Oh crap, |
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Take the following
The goal is to solve the expression for
n
.The solution is
GoldenRatio
. simplify has a hard time simplifying this when plugged in, either inGoldenRatio
form or(sqrt(5) - 1)/2
form. I was able to manually simplify itThere are probably other complex solutions as well.
I'm not able to get this from
solve
orsolveset
.solveset
gets close when given the simplified version:You can get the golden ratio with
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