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Guessing "exact" values

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• Subject: [mg76079] Guessing "exact" values
• From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:20:42 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University of Bergen

"Another computer algebra system" has a function, identify(), which 
attempts to guess the exact expression that evaluates to a particular 
numerical value.

Example:

In[1]:= N[3Pi+3/2,10]

Out[1]= 10.92477796

 > identify(10.92477796);
                                   3
                                   - + 3 Pi
                                   2

Is there a package with similar functionality for Mathematica?

Szabolcs

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