Expand[] on the RHS of a rule
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Expand[] on the RHS of a rule
- From: athos at warp.stanford.edu (Athos Kasapi)
- Date: Mon, 25 May 92 13:27:42 PDT
Has anybody found a way to work around the problem that Expand does not work when it is on the right hand side of a rule? For example, if I define p := Sqrt[ (a + b) (c + d) ] and then apply the rule p /. Sqrt[ x_ y_ ] -> Sqrt[ Expand[ x y ] ] Then all I get back is Sqrt[ (a + b)(c + d) ] What I wanted was Sqrt[ ac + ad + bc + bd ] I'd appreciate any suggestions for getting around this. Athos Kasapi