Re: Re: Wrong Simplify[] Answer for
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- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:36:11 -0500 (EST)
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Anything less than 10^-$MachinePrecision is zero.
$MachinePrecision
15.9546
Bobby
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:51:06 -0600, Lawrence Teo <lawrenceteo at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the insight. So Simplify[] in Mathematica is right.
> But why I observe small delta if I subtract the two expressions with //
> N?
> Is it because of machine precision related limitation?
>
> a = Cos[x]^2 - Sin[x]^2
> b = Cos[x]^4 - Sin[x]^4
> Table[a - b, {x, -10, 10}] // N
>
> Return small delta...
> \!\({6.938893903907228`*^-17, 6.245004513516506`*^-17, 0.`,
> 0.`, 7.025630077706069`*^-17, 0.`, 0.`, 3.854338723185968`*^-17,
> 0.`,
> 1.1102230246251565`*^-16, 0.`, 1.1102230246251565`*^-16, 0.`, \
> 3.854338723185968`*^-17, 0.`, 0.`, 7.025630077706069`*^-17, 0.`, 0.`,
> \
> 6.245004513516506`*^-17, 6.938893903907228`*^-17}\)
>
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2:50 pm, Peter Breitfeld <ph... at t-online.de> wrote:
>> Lawrence Teo wrote:
>> > We know that Simplify[Cos[x]^2-Sin[x]^2] -> Cos[2 x]
>> > But why Simplify[Cos[x]^4-Sin[x]^4] -> Cos[2 x] too?
>>
>> > Doing subtraction between the two expressions will give small delta.
>> > This is enough to prove that the two expression shouldn't be the same.
>>
>> > Can anyone give me any insight? Thanks.
>>
>> it's simply true, because:
>>
>> cos^4 x - sin^4 x = (cos^2 x - sin^2 x)(cos^2 x + sin^2 x)
>> = (cos^2 x - sin^2 x) * 1 = cos 2x
>>
>> --
>> _________________________________________________________________
>> Peter Breitfeld, Bad Saulgau, Germany --http://www.pBreitfeld.de
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