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  2. Extraneous and missing solutions - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the solution = is extraneous and not valid, and the original equation has no solution. For this specific example, it could be recognized that (for the value x = − 2 {\displaystyle x=-2} ), the operation of multiplying by ( x2 ) ( x + 2 ) {\displaystyle (x-2)(x+2)} would be a multiplication by zero.

  3. Diophantine equation - Wikipedia

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    Homogeneous Diophantine equations of degree two are easier to solve. The standard solving method proceeds in two steps. One has first to find one solution, or to prove that there is no solution. When a solution has been found, all solutions are then deduced. For proving that there is no solution, one may reduce the equation modulo p. For ...

  4. Indeterminate equation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, particularly in algebra, an indeterminate equation is an equation for which there is more than one solution. [1] For example, the equation + = is a simple indeterminate equation, as is =. Indeterminate equations cannot be solved uniquely. In fact, in some cases it might even have infinitely many solutions. [2] Some of the ...

  5. Indeterminate system - Wikipedia

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    Let the system of equations be written in matrix form as = where is the coefficient matrix, is the vector of unknowns, and is an vector of constants. In which case, if the system is indeterminate, then the infinite solution set is the set of all vectors generated by [4]

  6. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    One particular solution is x = 0, y = 0, z = 0. Two other solutions are x = 3, y = 6, z = 1, and x = 8, y = 9, z = 2. There is a unique plane in three-dimensional space which passes through the three points with these coordinates, and this plane is the set of all points whose coordinates are solutions of the equation.

  7. Consistent and inconsistent equations - Wikipedia

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    The system + =, + = has exactly one solution: x = 1, y = 2 The nonlinear system + =, + = has the two solutions (x, y) = (1, 0) and (x, y) = (0, 1), while + + =, + + =, + + = has an infinite number of solutions because the third equation is the first equation plus twice the second one and hence contains no independent information; thus any value of z can be chosen and values of x and y can be ...

  8. Abel–Ruffini theorem - Wikipedia

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    From the 16th century to beginning of the 19th century, the main problem of algebra was to search for a formula for the solutions of polynomial equations of degree five and higher, hence the name the "fundamental theorem of algebra". This meant a solution in radicals, that is, an expression involving only the coefficients of the equation, and ...

  9. Singular solution - Wikipedia

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    Now we shall check when these solutions are singular solutions. If two solutions intersect each other, that is, they both go through the same point (x,y), then there is a failure of uniqueness for a first-order ordinary differential equation. Thus, there will be a failure of uniqueness if a solution of the first form intersects the second solution.