solve doesn't solve simple equation involving radical

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Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-07 20:52:31 Created by andreyz1024 on 2019-03-16 18:14:36 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3540

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(%i1) solve(y=sqrt(y),y); (%o1) [y=sqrt(y)]

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Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-07 20:52:31 Created by robert_dodier on 2019-04-12 22:35:26 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3540/#6c9d

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• labels: --> solve
• summary: Solver doesn't solve simple equation --> solve doesn't solve simple equation involving radical

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Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-07 20:52:35 Created by robert_dodier on 2019-04-12 22:35:26 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3540/#c807

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Try to_poly_solve for this one too. I get:

(%i1) load (to_poly_solve) $
(%i2) to_poly_solve (y = sqrt(y), y);
(%o2)                      %union([y = 0], [y = 1])