(%i1) s: solve([(x-x0)^2+(y-y0)^2=r^2,(x-x1)^2+(y-y1)^2=r^2],[x,y]);s: solve([(x-x0)^2+(y-y0)^2=r^2,(x-x1)^2+(y-y1)^2=r^2],[x,y]);
(%o1) []
(%i2)
Maxima uses up a lot of processing power and doesn't find the correct answer.
ftp://ftp.deltacompsys.com/public/NG/Mathcad%20-%20CenterOfCircleCalculations.pdf
Peter Nachtwey
peter@deltamotion.com
This is a duplicate of the bug report ID:1852178 - Another solve() problem. The example is more general formulated, but the problem is the same. Moving the example to the bug report ID:1852178.
Closing this bug report as a duplicate.
Dieter Kaiser