Re: efficient term collection algorithm
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- Subject: [mg69176] Re: [mg69155] efficient term collection algorithm
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 06:40:27 -0400 (EDT)
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Blake Laing wrote: > Dear Math Group > > I wish to combine terms in a expression which share a denominator, such > as in the following simple case: > > In[1]:= > a/i+b/j+c/i//.Plus[Times[A_.,Power[denom_,-1]],Times[B_.,Power[denom_,-1]]]:> > Factor[Plus[A,B]Power[denom,-1]]//InputForm > Out[1]//InputForm= > (a + c)/i + b/j > > The actual expression I am working with contains thousands of terms, and > a pairwise algorithm such as this is wholly inadequate. Will one of you > please suggest a more efficient way to combine each additive term in a > large expression with a shared denominator? > > Thanks, > > Blake Laing > physics grad student > University of Oklahoma > If you know the denominator(s), you could use Collect: expr = a/i + b/j + c/i; In[13]:= Collect[expr, i] Out[13]= b/j + (a + c)/i If you don't know the denominators, you could try: In[15]:= Collect[expr, Union@Denominator[List @@ expr]] Out[15]= b/j + (a + c)/i Carl Woll Wolfram Research