Re: Simplifying algebraic expressions
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- Subject: [mg66898] Re: [mg66839] Simplifying algebraic expressions
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at wolfram.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 03:25:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Amitabha Roy wrote:
> 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
I presume you want this simplification to occur assuming x and y are
integers, as the simplification is not valid when either x or y are not
integers. For example, with x==0 and y==.1, we have (-1)^(3*.1) !=
(-1)^.1. Try:
Simplify[ (-1)^(2 x + 3 y), Element[{x,y},Integers] ]
y
(-1)
(you could also use Refine with the same syntax instead of Simplify)
Carl Woll
Wolfram Research
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- From: Amitabha Roy <aroy@cs.bc.edu>
- Simplifying algebraic expressions