Re: Simplify[expr] bug?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg53416] Re: Simplify[expr] bug?
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:30:49 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
- References: <crsvl1$dsi$1@smc.vnet.net>
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Hi, and why do you write Simplify[] with [] and Sin and Cos with round brackets ? Mathematica uses for *all* functions, i. e., also Sin[] and Cos[] square brackets, only if you are using the TraditionalForm[] input round brackets for function arguments are allowed. Regards Jens "Ken Tozier" <kentozier at comcast.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:crsvl1$dsi$1 at smc.vnet.net... > I'm a complete newbie to Mathematica and not a math whiz, but the > results I got from the following two equations seems like bugs to me. > > Test 1: > Running: Simplify[Sin(a) - Sin(b)] > Yeilds: (a - b)Sin > > Looks like it's treating the function "Sin" like a coefficient > > Test 2: > Running: Simplify[d/s + Cos(2*¹*v/s) - Cos(2*¹*(v - 1)/s)] > Yeilds: (d + 2 Cos ¹) / s > > Mathematica completely factors out the variable "v" which is critical > to the correct solution. > > Are these bugs or am I making an inadvertent syntax error. > > Thanks, > > Ken Tozier >