ComplexityFunction
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg74131] ComplexityFunction
- From: Christopher Arthur <caa0012 at unt.edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:37:54 -0500 (EST)
After an inspiring message on how to code for TransformationFunctions, I made a set of such functions to apply to my logical system. Now, however, I am not sure how to inform Simplify as to which kinds of forms are prefered. I looked at the help file for ComplexityFunction, but it is not well documented in 5.2. Can someone provide a more practical look at this option? From the help file I gather that it is supposed to assign a score to intermediate forms to decide if its making progress. But after noodling with it a bit I can't make my output change at all. Some things to ask: is the score a real number and can it be negative? Is a lower score supposed to mean a more simplified form? By the way, when we use a list of TransformationFunctions, can we assume that Simplify is allowed to apply all or any of them repeatedly and in any order it likes? If not, is there a way to tell it to do this? Regards, Christopher Arthur