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Question: If f(x)=sin(x)/x and we use solve(f(x)=0) why does Maple give no result?

Question:If f(x)=sin(x)/x and we use solve(f(x)=0) why does Maple give no result?

zenterix 350 Maple
solve limit plotting
November 07 2022
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Consider the function f:=x->sin(x)/x.

If we plot it we obtain

If we try to solve the equation f(x)=0 we get no result back from Maple.

Now consider the function g(x):=x->|sin(x)/x|

If we plot g we obtain

The weird thing here is that the graph isn't touching the x-axis. Why not?
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