Re: Simplify
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- Subject: [mg32016] Re: [mg32007] Simplify
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:28:49 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Because it is not true. For example:
In[1]:=
Simplify[{(a^b)^(1/b),a}/.{a->-1,b->2}]
Out[1]=
{1,-1}
However,
In[2]:=
Simplify[(a^b)^(1/b),{a>=0,Element[b,Reals]}]
Out[2]=
a
Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
JAPAN
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 04:34 PM, Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de
wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
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> why should I not expect MATHEMATICA to (Full)Simplify
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> (a^b)^(1/b) or a^b^(1/b) to a?
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