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Re: Simplify Polynomials with Factor / FullSimplify

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg53373] Re: [mg53361] Simplify Polynomials with Factor / FullSimplify
• From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
• Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:02:33 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Just leave a space between a and b.

a^2 + b^2 + 2a b // Factor
(a + b)^2

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ 

From: Amanda Pearls [mailto:lightyears78 at yahoo.de]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net

Hello,

i want to simplify some of the polynomials in the form like:

a^2+b^2 +2ab --> (a+b)^2 


but even this simple term does not work with Factor / FullSimplify?

Any help?

thanks