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LilTrumpReal
Dec 13, 2019
  ·  Edited: Dec 13, 2019

Mysterious solution

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Hello, I'm Nico from Germany.

I was able to find one solution to this equation using the W function but when I graphed both terms I noticed there's another solution. I tried really hard but I wasn't able to find it by calculation. (Yes, WolframAlpha showed both solutions). Seems like an interesting problem.


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Eric Steckx
Mar 07, 2020

To find the solution using the W Lambert function, you had first to factorize and simplify by (x+2). So (x+2)=0 => x=-2 is your "mysterious solution".

The other solution is x=W(sqrt(3))+2, as you probably found.

LilTrumpReal
Mar 07, 2020

God forbid my stupidity

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Eric Steckx
Mar 08, 2020

Es passiert jedem. 😉

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