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cancel function

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg5212] cancel function
• From: Ralheid at aol.com
• Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 03:22:34 -0500
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I cannot seem to get mathematica to cancel the exponetial function in the
following relationship;

in(1) =  eqn1 = a E^(I w t )(b + c x) == 0
out(1)= a E^(I w t ) (b + c x) == 0

in(2) = eqnw = Cancel[eqn1/E^(I w t )]
out(2) = E^(-I w t )( a E^(I w t )(b + c x) == 0)

I seem to think that cancel should reduce above to:

out(2) = eqnw = (b + c x) == 0

any help would be appreciated.

R. Alheid