XPost: sci.math   
   From: fateman@cs.berkeley.edu   
      
   On 8/24/2014 1:50 PM, IV wrote:   
   > "Peter Percival" wrote in news:ltcr32$j54$1@news.albasani.net...   
   >>> Nope.   
   >> No.   
   > How we do it by hand: If we use the inverse operation (inverse function)   
   > of the outer function in each step. (The roots of algebraic functions   
   > can be determined numerically or symbolically - e.g. by the Buchberger   
   > algorithm.)   
   > How is that realized in computer algebra systems, and how   
   > powerful/complete are this methods/algorithms?   
   >   
   >   
   How does your method work for solving for x in    exp(x)=log(x) ?   
      
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