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Unread 02-22-2003, 10:49 PM   #21
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Originally posted by Alchemy

Quite easy, I think, to just subtract one function from the other and find the zero.

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Algebra, while relatively easy for a substantial percentage of people, is far from the easiest way to do this task on a computer.

Unless there is some public domain software library for doing symbolic math, I'd guess that something more brute force would be in order.
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