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Re: Simplification ?

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  • Subject: [mg38122] Re: [mg38049] Simplification ?
  • From: Vladimir Bondarenko <vvb at mail.strace.net>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 04:33:39 -0500 (EST)
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"Olivier Durussel" <olivier.durussel at epfl.ch> wrote on Thursday, November 28, 2002, 3:07:41 PM :

OD> Is there a way to force Mathematica to simplify the terms like

OD> Sqrt[x^2]

OD> to give  x ???


You can use PowerExpand.

  In[1] := PowerExpand[Sqrt[x^2]]

  Out[1] = x


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