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Simplifying Bessel Functions

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• Subject: [mg121378] Simplifying Bessel Functions
• From: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>
• Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:18:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,

I think this is another question where the answer will be that
"simple" is subjective.

The expression A = BesselJ[1, BesselJZero[0, 1]]/BesselJ[2,
BesselJZero[0, 1]] is actually B = BesselJZero[0, 1]/2, but I can't
get Mathematica to Simplify A to B.

Many thanks in advance,

Sam