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Re: Rearrangement of expression

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  • Subject: [mg91748] Re: Rearrangement of expression
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:35:19 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <g9t6np$j9n$1@smc.vnet.net>

Hi,

expr = a/Sqrt[a^2 + b^2];


expr //. { (a^2 + q_)^(Rational[n_, 2]) :>
    Abs[a]^n*(1 + q/a^2)^(Rational[n, 2]), a_/Abs[a_] :> Sign[a]}

Regards
   Jens

Gehricht at googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Suppose I have the fraction a/Sqrt[a^2+b^2]. How can I rearrange it to
> 1/Sqrt[1+(b/a)^2]?
> With thanks
> Yours Wolfgang
> 


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