RE: how mathematica deals with complex i in output
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- Subject: [mg34354] RE: [mg34334] how mathematica deals with complex i in output
- From: Nicolas Bock <nbock at buffalo.edu>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 05:08:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Wed, 15 May 2002, Florian Jaccard wrote:
> Try this :
>
> y = ((I/4)*p^2*Log[1 - (I*Sqrt[a]*(p + qD))/Sqrt[-(a*p^2) -
> \[Omega]]])/(a^(3/2)*Sqrt[-(a*p^2) - \[Omega]])
>
> Simplify[y, {qD > 0, a > 0, p > 0, \[Omega] > 0}]
Florian,
many thanks! It works now and it was easier than I though it would be :)
nick