Re: smart change of variables?
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- Subject: [mg87716] Re: smart change of variables?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Barrow wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a arithmetic problem.
> I have an expression expr = (p1 + 2*p2)*(k1 + 2*k2)
> where p1 + p2 = k1 + k2
> I wanna make the following change of variables,
> s = (p1 + p2)^2
> t = (p1 - k1)^2
> u = (p1 - k2)^2
>
> Is it possible to tell Mathematica to express expr
> in terms of s, t, and u automatically?
>
> Thanks so much.
> any ideas would be appreciated.
> Sincerely Barrow
>
Barrow,
You could use Eliminate[] and Reduce[] as in the following (note that
you have two answers for the final expression since quadratics are involved)
In[40]:= Eliminate[
f == (p1 + 2*p2)*(k1 + 2*k2) && p1 + p2 == k1 + k2 &&
s == (p1 + p2)^2 &&
t == (p1 - k1)^2 && u == (p1 - k2)^2, {p1, p2,
k1, k2}]
Out[40]= -81 s^2 + 18 s t - t^2 + 18 s u + 2 t u - u^2 ==
16 f^2 + f (-72 s + 8 t - 8 u)
In[41]:= Reduce[%, f]
Out[41]= f == 1/4 (9 s - t - 6 Sqrt[s] Sqrt[u] + u) ||
f == 1/4 (9 s - t + 6 Sqrt[s] Sqrt[u] + u)
Regards,
-- Jean-Marc