complex-valued expression not simplifying completely (was: ARghh!!)
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- Subject: [mg18790] complex-valued expression not simplifying completely (was: ARghh!!)
- From: paulh at wolfram.com (P.J. Hinton)
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:19:16 -0400
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In article <7n12tn$bd7 at smc.vnet.net>, "O. Matt Umurhan" <matt at kelvin.nas.nasa.gov> writes: > I am having the worst time dealing with a complex numbered expression. > The problem is this: I have a numerical expression I wish mathematica > to evaluate, the expression happens to be complex. So, I have it > do the evaluation and for output it gives me, for example, > > Out[122]= ((1+ 2 I) - (43 - 4 I)) > > when the ouput ought to read: > > Out[123]= -42 - 2 I > > it leaves the output with these damned parenthesis in there and > I do not know, for the life of me, how get take this output and > remove these strange and pesky parens. Given that the Mathematica kernel in its default state evaluates your first output to a simpler form: In[1]:= ((1+ 2 I) - (43 - 4 I)) Out[1]= -42 + 6 I it is not clear what might be causing your troubles. Perhaps you could post a minimal example of an input that gives rise to the undesired result? -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.