Re: Dividing top and bottom
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- Subject: [mg15641] Re: [mg15591] Dividing top and bottom
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 04:28:39 -0500 (EST)
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On Thu, Jan 28, 1999, Nicolas B.E. Sawyer <nbes at eee.nott.ac.uk> wrote:
>How can I divide the denominator and numerator of an expression by a
>chosen variable and stop the result from simplifying. For example, how
>do I divide the top and bottom of b/(b-a) by b to give 1/(1-a/b).
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Nicolas B.E. Sawyer
>
>
>Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of
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I can think of several way to do this. Perhaps the simplest way is to
define a function
In[16]:=
transform[x_,f_]:=Expand[f[Numerator[x]]]/Expand[f[Denominator[x]]]
Now
In[17]:=
transform[b/(b-a),#/b&]
Out[17]=
1
-----
a
1 - -
b
Another very simple way is to do this "by hand". I do not actually mean
"without using Mathematica" (though that is indeed the simplest way to
solve this problem) but simply by entering /b into the top and bottom
and than using the Simplify button on the Algebraic Manipulation
pallete to simplify the numerator and the denominator separately.
Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
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