I am trying to do fsolve in a range (-7..14), however, it gives no solution.

But when I solve the same equations with solve (after removing all the Imaginary solutions), I get two results, one of them is in the range (-7..14). 

I even expanded the range of fsolve, say (-10..20), but still got no solution...

This is just getting weirder and weirder. Attached kindly find the Maple file, note that the first solve takes about 1 minute (on my laptop: CPU i7 + MEM 8G + SSD).

fsolve_In_Range.mw

To select a piece from a list, for example:

lst:=[1,2,3,4,5,6]

I want to get the list piece from second place to fifth place: [2,3,4,5].

Is there a function?

Thanks

I have a program:

Running abb(1,3) gives error: Error, (in abb) illegal use of a formal parameter

Might be a silly question: Is it not allowed? Do I have to define a local variable for b in order to change it?

I wonder if there is a way to represent each piece of a piecewise function in Maple.

For example, for a piecewise function: f:=x->piecewise(1<=x<=2,c[1]*x+c[2],2<=x<=3,c[3]*x+c[4],3<=x<=4,c[5]*x+c[6]);

I want to have a way to retrieve each piece, e.g.: c[3]*x+c[4], but f(x)[2] doesn't work.

Is it archievable?

I am trying to find a way to adjust the size of a plot output component in Maple by right click (because the output(s) were copy & paste) and it is difficult to go back to plot command to set the size.

Thanks,