Re: Unconventional Max[] behavior
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- Subject: [mg28097] Re: [mg28048] Unconventional Max[] behavior
- From: Ralph Benzinger <mma-l at endlos.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 04:12:53 -0500 (EST)
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On March 29, you wrote: > There is a bug which prevents simplification of Max[e1, e2], > whenever e1-e2 is not a number, but Expand[e1-e2] is a number. Cute -- I'm glad it's a bug and not a feature. And thanks for the workaround, which should put me back in business. > > > A related question to my "discovery": Is there a standard way of > > > defining a "simplification" rather than an "evaluation" rule? > > You can do it using TransformationFunctions option. Bingo! That's what I had been looking for. I think I prefer this over modifying the definition of Simplify itself. Ah, excellent, Mathematica and I are friends again ... Thanks to everybody for their help. Ralph -- Ralph Benzinger "This is my theory, it is mine, I own it, Cornell University and what it is, too." -- Ann Elk (Mrs.)