From: boblatest@yahoo.com   
      
   Robert Latest wrote:   
      
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   My questions from before have largely answered themselves by playing around a   
   bit more with Maxima. Turns out that even the simpler general case of solving   
   the intersection(s) of a circle with a straight line yields unwieldy solutions.   
   When it comes to algebra, I try to teach my kids to "first do it only with   
   letters, then insert numbers at the end," but I had never tried it with circle   
   equations.   
      
   I still don't know why Maxima can't solve the general case of two (possibly)   
   intersecting circles, but I have a hunch that it would be a useless jumble of   
   symbols. Much like the surprisingly absurd roots of a cubic equation.   
      
   The remaining question is: Is there Readline support for Maxima on the Linux   
   console?   
      
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