# Question:Why Latex() fail to convert solution of ODE when in Vector?

## Question:Why Latex() fail to convert solution of ODE when in Vector?

Maple 2020

I found small problem in Latex(). When putting solution of ODE inside a Vector, Latex() fails to convert and returns empty vector.

restart;
sol:=[dsolve(diff(diff(y(x),x),x)*y(x) = 1,y(x))];
sol:=convert(sol,Vector);


And now

Latex(sol)

\left[\begin{array}{c} \\ \end{array}\right]

Empty array. But if not in a Vector, it works

restart;
sol:=[dsolve(diff(diff(y(x),x),x)*y(x) = 1,y(x))];
Latex(sol)

# no problem here ====>

\left[
{\textcolor{gray}{\int}}_{}^{y \! \left(x \right)}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \ln \! \left(\mathit{\_a} \right)-2 \mathit{\_C1}}}\textcolor{gray}{d}\mathit{\_a} -x -\mathit{\_C2}
= 0,
{\textcolor{gray}{\int}}_{}^{y \! \left(x \right)}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \ln \! \left(\mathit{\_a} \right)-2 \mathit{\_C1}}}\textcolor{gray}{d}\mathit{\_a} -x -\mathit{\_C2}
= 0\right]


This seems to happen on some solutions (may be those with Int because in this other example, it works with Vector):

restart;
sol:=[dsolve(diff(diff(y(x),x),x)*y(x)^2 = 0)];
sol:=convert(sol,Vector);

And now

Latex(sol)

#now it works ===>

\left[\begin{array}{c}y \! \left(x \right)=0 \\y \! \left(x \right)=\mathit{\_C1} x +\mathit{\_C2}  \end{array}\right]


I am using Maple 2020.2 with Physics 897

Edit 1/2/2021

I found another strange problem with Latex conversion related to Vector. If the first entry is y(x)=0 in the vector, then it keeps this, but throws away the rest of the entries in the Vector.

This might be related to the same bug. Not sure. Here is an example

restart;
ode:=(2*cot(x)*diff(y(x),x)*y(x)+diff(y(x),x)^2-y(x)^2 = 0,singsol=all);
sol:=convert([dsolve(ode)],Vector)



Now watch what happens when converting sol to Latex

Latex(sol)

\left[\begin{array}{c}y \! \left(x \right)=0 \\ \\ \end{array}\right]

Only reason I use Vector() is to display in Latex many solutions on top of each others, so easier to see instead of as a list() where they are all on one line, which might not fit the page.

I need to find an alternative to using Vector to do this.

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