Re: Getting simple answers from Reduce, ComplexExpand and FullSimplify
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- Subject: [mg57855] Re: Getting simple answers from Reduce, ComplexExpand and FullSimplify
- From: Pratik Desai <pdesai1 at umbc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 02:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
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Hugh Goyder wrote:
>Below the expression ex has roots, rts, where n in an integer and the
>constant a is in the interval 0 < a <1. We may check this using FullSimplify
>as follows.
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>ex=2 Cos[z]+I a Sin[z];
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>rts=z ->Pi(2n-1)/2 + I Log[(2+a)/(2-a)]/2;
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>FullSimplify[0 == ex/.rts,Element[n,Integers]]
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>My problem is to try and deduce the roots using computer algebra rather than
>by hand. (I also have other expressions I would like to work on.) My attempt
>at using Reduce is partially successful but leads to unfamiliar, and
>difficult to interpret, ArcTanh functions
>
>Reduce[{ex == 0,0<a<1},z]
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>An attempt with FullSimplify and ComplexExpand to crack the ArcTanh function
>is again partially successful in giving the imaginary part I require.
>However, I am stuck with Arg functions with complex arguments. The Arg
>Functions are just equal to -Pi/2 but I cannot crack them further. Any
>suggestions for simplifying the output from Reduce so that I get the simple
>form I guessed at the start? Alternativly, are there more methods for
>simplifing the complex output?
>
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>FullSimplify[ComplexExpand[(2*I)*ArcTanh[a/2+(I/2)*Sqrt[4-a^2]]],{0<a<1}]
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>FullSimplify[ComplexExpand[Arg[2-a-I Sqrt[4-a^2]]-Arg[
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>2+a+I Sqrt[4-a^2]]],{0<a<1}]
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>Thanks
>
>Hugh Goyder
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Try using TrigToExp, some times CAS like humans needs a little help with
hyperbolic trig expressions
Clear[ex, z, a, sol1]
TagSet[a, Conjugate[a], a]
TagSet[a, Re[a], a]
TagSet[a, Im[a], 0]
ex[z_] := 2 Cos[z] + I* a* Sin[z] // TrigToExp
Reduce[ex[z] == 0, z]
C[1] â?? Integers && 2 + a != 0 && -2 + a != 0 && z ==
(-I/2)*((2*I)*Pi*C[1] + Log[(-2 + a)/(2 + a)])
You can use simplify or full simplify to get what you want at the end
Best regards
Pratik
--
Pratik Desai
Graduate Student
UMBC
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 410 455 8134
- References:
- Getting simple answers from Reduce, ComplexExpand and FullSimplify
- From: "Hugh Goyder" <h.g.d.goyder@cranfield.ac.uk>
- Getting simple answers from Reduce, ComplexExpand and FullSimplify