Why can't Mathematica simplify this?
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- Subject: [mg85010] Why can't Mathematica simplify this?
- From: dudesinmexico at gmail.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:40:04 -0500 (EST)
I think that Mathematica should be able to simplify this, since N and
and l
are constrained to be Integers:
Simplify[Sin[2 Pi l (N - 1) /N], {N, l} \[Element] Integers]
Instead, I get the same expression
Sin[(2 l (-1 + N) Pi)/N]
Does anyone know why?
Thanks
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