Strange Output Involving Times, Power
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg38390] Strange Output Involving Times, Power
- From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 04:10:18 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Isn't it strange that we get the following. In[1]:= 12*20^n Out[1]= 3*4^(1 + n)*5^n ---------- One would think it would go the other way. ie. Evaluating ( 3*4^(1+n)5^n ) would return ( 12*20^n ). I have been told it has to be implemented this way to make some other things work as expected. Ok, so what would be broken if it worked the way I expect and would prefer? ---------- Regards, Ted Ersek Download my collection of Mathematica tricks from: http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/tips/Tricks.html and http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/tips/GraphicsTricks.html