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Re: Sqrt[R^2]

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  • Subject: [mg42750] Re: Sqrt[R^2]
  • From: "Bill Bertram" <wkb at ansto.gov.au>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:10:51 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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"Prechtl Josef" <e9426270 at stud4.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message
news:bfl2q4$shh$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> How can I instruct Mathematica when simplifying expressions to convert
> expressions e.g. Sqrt[R^2] into R? i.e. only to restrict to the case
> that the variable R is a positive real?
>

Simplify[Sqrt[R^2], {R \[Element] Reals, R >= 0}]

Bill



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