Re: Simplifying algebraic expressions
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- Subject: [mg66862] Re: Simplifying algebraic expressions
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 04:08:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi, (-1)^(2 x + 3 y) /. a_^(n_Integer*b_ + m_Integer*c_) :> (a^n)^b*(a^m)^c Regards Jens "Amitabha Roy" <aroy at cs.bc.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:e5mhis$kg3$1 at smc.vnet.net... | Hello: | | I would like Mathematica to be able to take an expression, say, | | (-1)^{2 x + 3 y} and be able to simplify to (-1)^y. | | Is there a way one can do this ? | | Thanks |