>Eg., solve f(x) = a is a valid statement. f(x) is a function
>so solve this function f(x)= a implies to solve the finction
>f(x)= a.

Right. Except there was not a question of solving f(x) = a. It was a question of evaluating f(x).

>I think you may have been a little hard on a first time
>poster. But, hey, rank has its privleges.:-)

Quite stupid.