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Re: Simplifying things

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  • Subject: [mg26121] Re: Simplifying things
  • From: Yossi Lonke <jrl16 at po.cwru.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:56:07 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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You probably can't. Try

Simplify[expr] /. Sqrt[a^2]->a

Yossi Lonke

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> Date: 22 Nov 2000 02:20:31 -0500
> Subject: [mg26121] Simplifying things
> 
> Hi!
> I need to simplify looooong equations, but don't know how to get rid of
> those terms like:
> 
> Sqrt[a^2]
> 
> when a is a real positive variable... How can I tell Mathematica 3 to
> simplify this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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