Re: How to pick all terms which have are multiplied with a factor, e.g., 2
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- Subject: [mg35475] Re: [mg35463] How to pick all terms which have are multiplied with a factor, e.g., 2
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 06:19:51 -0400 (EDT)
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Would this help?
In[1]:=
expr = 2*a*b^2*c^3 + 13*x*y*a*b + 2/d;
In[2]:=
Cases[expr, 2*_]
Out[2]=
{2*a*b^2*c^3, 2/d}
Tomas Garza
Mexico City
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthias G. Imhof" <mgi at vt.edu>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg35475] [mg35463] How to pick all terms which have are multiplied with a
factor, e.g., 2
> I would like to simplify a large symbolic summation. I know that terms
which
> are multiplied with a common integer factor can ultimately be combined and
> simplified.
>
> As an example: from the sum
>
> 2 a b^2 c^3 + 13 x y a b + 2 d^-1
>
> I would like to pick 2 a b^2 c^3 + 2 d^-1 to combine them; and similarly
for
> other common integer factors. I suspect that patterns would help, but I
did
> not manage to devise a correct one.
>
> Matthias
>
>
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- How to pick all terms which have are multiplied with a factor, e.g., 2
- From: "Matthias G. Imhof" <mgi@vt.edu>
- How to pick all terms which have are multiplied with a factor, e.g., 2