http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35509--Using-MAPLE-To-Find-Intersection-Of en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:49:45 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:49:45 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, Using MAPLE to find intersection of vector functions http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35509--Using-MAPLE-To-Find-Intersection-Of http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35509--Using-MAPLE-To-Find-Intersection-Of?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes: Using MAPLE to find intersection of vector functions :Comments#answer44123 <p>The question must be restated as: are the three components of the difference of the two vectors ever all zero?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> You could try something like this:</p> <pre> &gt; fsolve(add((r(t)[i]-s(t)[i])^2, i=1..3), t = - 2 .. 2); </pre> <p>If the result is a number, or a sequence of numbers, the answer is yes.&nbsp; If there is no result or an unevaluated call to fsolve, the answer is no.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The question must be restated as: are the three components of the difference of the two vectors ever all zero?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> You could try something like this:</p> <pre> &gt; fsolve(add((r(t)[i]-s(t)[i])^2, i=1..3), t = - 2 .. 2); </pre> <p>If the result is a number, or a sequence of numbers, the answer is yes.&nbsp; If there is no result or an unevaluated call to fsolve, the answer is no.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 44123 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:01:00 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel