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Re: Assuming to be a real number is useless even in simple cases?

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  • Subject: [mg63964] Re: [mg63945] Assuming to be a real number is useless even in simple cases?
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:45:49 -0500 (EST)
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You never used a function that would look at the assumptions. Use Simplify,

Assuming[Element[x, Reals], Simplify[Im[x]]]

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Bob Hanlon

> 
> From: Roberto <roberto at pop.it>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg63964] [mg63945] Assuming to be a real number is useless even in simple 
cases?
> 
> In[1]:=
> Assuming[x\[Element]Reals, Im[x]]
> 
> Out[1]=
> Im[x]
> 
> Why it's not zero?
> 
> 


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