Re: Factorizing...
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- Subject: [mg74094] Re: Factorizing...
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:46:20 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Bruno Campanini wrote: > How can I get it from Mathematica: > > Factor[2+SQR(5)] = ((1+SQR(5))/2)^3 Using the correct syntax strongly helps. See " The Mathematica Book Online / A Practical Introduction to Mathematica / Numerical Calculations / 1.1.3 Some Mathematical Functions" at http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/book/section-1.1.3 In[1]:= Simplify[Factor[2 + Sqrt[5]] == ((1 + Sqrt[5])/2)^3] [...disregard the warning message...] Out[1]= True Regards, Jean-Marc [1] "The Mathematica Book / A Practical Introduction to Mathematica / Numerical Calculations / 1.1.3 Some Mathematical Functions", http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/book/section-1.1.3