weird behavior of simplify
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- Subject: [mg21186] weird behavior of simplify
- From: b320 <b320 at fyma.ucl.ac.be>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:23:44 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: FYMA
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I tried the following simplification:
Simplify[E^((2*I*(1 - n^2 + 4*n)*2*Pi)/n), {n ? Integers}]
and nothing happened
E^(-((4*I*(-1 - 4*n + n^2)*Pi)/n))
But this time it worked out the way it should
Simplify[E^((2*I*(1 - n^2 + 4*n)*2*Pi)/n) + x, {n ? Integers}]
E^((4*I*Pi)/n) + x
But again
Simplify[E^((2*I*(1 - n^2 + 4*n)*2*Pi)/n) + 3/E^((4*I*(3 +
n^2)*2*Pi)/n), {n ? Integers}]
Does not simplify the way I would expect:
E^((4*I*Pi)/n) + 3/E^((8*I*(3 + n^2)*Pi)/n)
So is this a bug or is there a more subtel explanation ?
Thank you for comments