Hey Guys, 

I was wondering how big an algebriac equation has to be before maple crashes. (i cant think of a better word) . I am trying to derive an epression that involves solving 9 equations that all pretty big. about 16 terms. I am substituting in each equation into the next and I get to the last one and it just says evaluating. I left it up overnight and it was still there evaluating. Any help would be appreciated. 

Hello All,

I have 6 equations that are similair in size to the one listed below. I am trying to find a single equation in terms of only 1 of the variables (s₁₁). After finding this equation I want to solve it for that single variable. When I start plugging all these equations into eachother I get to about the last one then maple seems to get stuck evaluating. I left it on overnight thinking that if I gave it time it would eventually solve, but this didn't seem to work. My questions is, If I gave it enough time would it solve this? Is there another way to do this? Any help you guys could offer would be a great help. Thanks!