simplifying complex polynomials
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- Subject: [mg13699] simplifying complex polynomials
- From: dhs6 at po.cwru.edu (Daniel H. Steinberg)
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:39:28 -0400
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
A friend of mine is trying to simplify polynomials which are sums of monomials each of which is the product of terms which are y_[] and z_[] where the [] is a vector like [1,1,2,1,5]. Her simplification rules are fairly straightforward -- but how do you get Mathematica to do it. Rule 1: Each monomial must be quadratic in z (i.e. if it's not, replace it by 0) Rule 2: Each monomial's vector subscripts must sum (over all z's and y's) to the vector [1,2,2,2,1] (for example). If it doesn't the term can be eliminated. Any thoughts? She's trying to process it as a list but this seems to be further complicated by multiplicities. Thanks, Daniel