Re: Simplify
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- Subject: [mg32038] Re: Simplify
- From: "Robert Nowak" <robert.nowak at ims.co.at>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:29:32 -0500 (EST)
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try
a = -1
b = 2
In[7]:=
(a^b)^(1/b) /. {a -> -1, b -> 2}
Out[7]=
1
yous see: Sqrt[(-1)^2] == 1 != -1
maybee you wish the following
In[2]:=
(a^b)^(1/b) //PowerExpand
Out[2]=
a
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<Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de> wrote in message
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> 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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