Re: Simplifying=> Sqrt[Meter^2/Second^2]
- Subject: [mg2988] Re: Simplifying=> Sqrt[Meter^2/Second^2]
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 11:00:04 -0600
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In article <4dksvr$h5q at dragonfly.wri.com>, justin at fns.net wrote:
> Does anyone know if mathematica can be "taught" that an
> expression of the Sqrt[Meter^2/Second^2] is equivalent to and should
> be simplified to Meter/Second?
>
> Thanks in Advance
> Justin at fns.net
> UF Mechanical Engineering
You can use Power Expand to do this.
In[21]:=
?PowerExpand
PowerExpand[expr] expands nested powers, powers of products,
logarithms of powers, and logarithms of products.
PowerExpand[expr, {x1, x2, ...}] expands expr with
respect to the x1. Use PowerExpand with caution because
PowerExpand does not pay attention to branch cuts.
In[22]:=
PowerExpand[ Sqrt[Meter^2/Second^2] ]
Out[22]=
Meter
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Second
I hope this helps.
--Ian
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