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Re: Can someone explain this?

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  • Subject: [mg19158] Re: Can someone explain this?
  • From: Harald Giese <giese at dkrz.de>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 23:59:01 -0400
  • Organization: Institut fuer Meereskunde, Universitaet Hamburg
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Benjamin Lotto werote:
> 
> Using Mathematica 3.0.1.1x on a PowerMac 9600/233 under system 8.5.1, I get the
> following.  No matter what variation I try, I can't get Mathematica to replace
> Tan[x] with Sin[x]/Cos[x].  (Ultimately I'd like to do this with more
> complicated expressions.)
> ...
> In[4]:= Tan[x]/.Tan[z_]->Sin[z]/Cos[z]
> 
> Out[4]= Tan[x]
> 


Hi Benjamin,

Mathematica simplifies Sin[z]/Cos[z] to Tan[x]. Therefore, even if you type

In[4]:= Sin[z]/Cos[z]

you will get

Out[4]= Tan[z]

Regards,
Harald

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