Re: Problems with simplify and Sqrt[a^2]
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- Subject: [mg73901] Re: Problems with simplify and Sqrt[a^2]
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 00:51:46 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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dshortho wrote: > any help on this one: > > if you type in: > v3/Sqrt[v1^2]/Sqrt[v2^2] - v3/v1/v2 > > you get the same expression > > Even if you then type > Simplify[%] > > you still get the same expression > > I would have thought Mathematica would have resolved Sqrt[v1^2] to v1 (!?) > > Does anyone out there know why it does not do this, as it is causing some problems with some proofs I am doing ? > The following FAQ has the relevant information: "Why are transformations of Sqrt[x^2], Log[x y], Log[â??^x], etc. not automatically done?" http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/mathematics/algebra/conditionalsimplification.html Regards, Jean-Marc