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#3145 solve sometimes gives wrong solution when using ratvars

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nobody
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2016-05-03
2016-04-26
bigfooted
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solve sometimes gives a solution that includes the variables in ratvars, even when these variables are not in the equation to be solved:
solve([x^3+x+c],[x]),ratvars:[XXX] => result involving XXX

remark from Stavros Macrakis: This is clearly a bug, apparently specific to irreducible cubics.

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  • Robert Dodier

    Robert Dodier - 2016-05-03
    • status: open --> closed
     
  • Robert Dodier

    Robert Dodier - 2016-05-03

    Fixed by commit b433655. Thanks to Richard Fateman. Closing this report.

     

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