Find minimum number of operations
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- Subject: [mg112936] Find minimum number of operations
- From: brien colwell <xcolwell at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 03:17:26 -0400 (EDT)
Hi all,
I have a set of expressions composed of literals, multiplications,
additions, and powers. For example,
-(-3 Bx (Ax^2 + Ay^2 - 2 Ax Bx + Bx^2 - 2 Ay By + By^2)^(3/2) +
3 Ax^2 Ay k + 3 Ay^3 k - 8 Ax Ay Bx k + 5 Ay Bx^2 k - Ax^2 By k -
9 Ay^2 By k + 4 Ax Bx By k - 3 Bx^2 By k + 9 Ay By^2 k -
3 By^3 k + 2 Ax Ay Cx k - 2 Ay Bx Cx k - 2 Ax By Cx k +
2 Bx By Cx k - 2 Ax^2 Cy k + 4 Ax Bx Cy k -
2 Bx^2 Cy k)/(3 (Ax^2 + Ay^2 - 2 Ax Bx + Bx^2 - 2 Ay By + By^2)^(
3/2))
I would like to find the form for each that minimizes the number of
operations, where each operation is either a multiplication, addition, or
power. Is this easily done in Mathematica (7)? Also, just curious, what
criteria does FullSimplify use to evaluate the "simplest form"?
Thanks,
Brien