Example 1:  Symbolic Computation

In computation, we usually think in terms of numerical computation where the result is a numerical constant. However, there are systems that provide symbolic computation.

(a) First illustration:

- Numerical computation:

- Symbolic computation:

(b) Second illustration:

(c) Third illustration using Mathematica's Together function:

(d) Fourth illustration - Mathematica's Solve function - e1 is numerical, e2 is symbolic