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Re: Sum pattern

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• Subject: [mg128280] Re: Sum pattern
• From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
• Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 23:39:35 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 3, 12:12 am, "Dave Snead" <dsne... at charter.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to put together a rule whose left hand side is a sum of arbitrary
> length whose elements all have the same head f.
>
> For example:
>
> In[4]:= x = f[a1, s] + f[a2, s] + f[a3, s]
>
> Out[4]= f[a1, s] + f[a2, s] + f[a3, s]
>
> In[6]:= y = f[First /@ x, s]
>
> Out[6]= f[a1 + a2 + a3, s]
>
> which is what I want.
>
> However when I turn this into a rule
>
> In[7]:= z = x /. (p : Plus[__f]) -> f[First /@ p, s]
>
> Out[7]= f[f[a1, s], s] + f[f[a2, s], s] + f[f[a3, s], s]
>
> Why isn't z equal to y?
> How can I make this rule work?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Snead

In[1]:= x = f[a1,s] + f[a2,s] + f[a3,s]

Out[1]= f[a1,s] + f[a2,s] + f[a3,s]

In[2]:= x //. f[a_,c_] + f[b_,c_] -> f[a+b,c]

Out[2]= f[a1+a2+a3,s]