Solving an Equation with Maple

To solve the equation

  x^3 - 0.71x^2 - 2.09x + 0.71 = 0,

do this:

   > fsolve(x^3 - 0.71*x^2 - 2.09*x + 0.71 = 0 );

You get three roots, as expected:

                   -1.306,  .321,  1.696