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Why "Expression cannot begin with xxx " always show up?

Posted 9 years ago

Hi there,

I got a problem with solving equations using Mathematica recently. I typed in Solve[an equation], it always show up "Expression cannot begin with xxx". (As shown in the image attached)

Does anyone know how to deal with it?

Thanks!

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POSTED BY: Shanliangzi Liu
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You're using [...] where you should be using (...)

[ ] should contain function arguments.

POSTED BY: Frank Kampas

Which [] do you mean?

POSTED BY: Shanliangzi Liu

The [ ] pairs around BesselJ. Also, you don't need Solve.

In[3]:= Integrate[(BesselJ[0, a*r])^2*r, {r, 0, R}]

Out[3]= 1/2 R^2 (BesselJ[0, a R]^2 + BesselJ[1, a R]^2)
POSTED BY: Frank Kampas

I figured it out! Thanks for everyone!

Best,

POSTED BY: Shanliangzi Liu
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