Re: Re: sqrt(x^2) = x
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- Subject: [mg61224] Re: [mg61189] Re: sqrt(x^2) = x
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:39:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Changing the definition of a built-in function is dangerous since it may have unintended side effects. I recommend that you use something like Clear[mySqrt]; mySqrt[a_.*x_^2]:=mySqrt[a]*x; mySqrt[a_?AtomQ]:=Sqrt[a]; convertSqrt=Power[x_,Rational[1,2]]:>mySqrt[x]; {Sqrt[x^2],Sqrt[a*x^2],Sqrt[Pi*x^2*y^2]}/.convertSqrt {x, Sqrt[a]*x, Sqrt[Pi]*x*y} Bob Hanlon > > From: "Francisco Javier" <pacoga at ctv.es> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: 2005/10/12 Wed AM 01:42:23 EDT > Subject: [mg61224] [mg61189] Re: sqrt(x^2) = x > > Francisco Javier a formulé ce martes : > > Dear all, I am new in this group > > > > How can I tell Mathematica that I want to simplify all expressions like > > Sqrt[x^2] as x, whithout taking into account that x is or not a > > positive real number? > > > > Thank you very much > > Dear F.Jaccard and Ruth for your answers, but what I really mean has > not a such simple solution. > > I want to "teach" to Mathematica that in next calculations Sqrt[x^2] is > equivalent to x, > > I have tried > > Unprotect[Sqrt]; > Sqrt[(x_)^2] := x; > > This seems works fine then with calculations like > > Sqrt[y^2] > y > > but it fails with > > Sqrt[x^2 y^4] > > or even with > > Sqrt[x^2 y^4] > > Any ideas? > > -- > ---- > Francisco Javier García Capitán > http://garciacapitan.auna.com > >