Re: Canceling square roots with Simplify
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- Subject: [mg18235] Re: [mg18211] Canceling square roots with Simplify
- From: "JOHN C ERB" <JOHN_C_ERB at prodigy.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:24:17 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Try PowerExpand PowerExpand[ Sqrt[b^2]*Sqrt[1/b^2] ] John C. Erb email: John_C_Erb at prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: efarr <efarr at farr-research.com> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg18235] [mg18211] Canceling square roots with Simplify >Hello, > >Try typing in the following in a new session of Mathematica (I'm currently >running ver 3.0 under WinNT). > >Simplify[ Sqrt[b^2]*Sqrt[1/b^2] ] > >It seems like the b's should cancel, and I should get 1. Why don't I? Is >there any workaround? > >Thanks very much > >Everett G. Farr > > > >