fullsimplify problem
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- Subject: [mg52908] fullsimplify problem
- From: "symbio" <symbio at has.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 03:41:11 -0500 (EST)
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Given ( - a / b^2) = = ( + a / b^2), it can be written as (-2 a / b^2), but when I use FullSimplify on that equation, I get the incorrect result ( a / b ) = = 0. How is this possible? In[2]:= -a/b^2 == a/b^2 % // FullSimplify Out[2]= \!\(\(-\(a\/b\^2\)\) == a\/b\^2\) Out[3]= \!\(a\/b == 0\) In[5]:= -2a/b^2 == 0 // FullSimplify Out[5]= \!\(a\/b == 0\)
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