Re: Replacement Rule with Sqrt in denominator
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg114684] Re: Replacement Rule with Sqrt in denominator
- From: Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:50:49 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ie28tv$ml7$1@smc.vnet.net>
On 12/12/2010 2:42 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote: >> It's a consequence of two very simple considerations: >> >> 1. Pattern matching works on FullForm. >> >> 2. Pattern matching can't split atoms. >> >> What's so hard about this? being right 50% of the time suggests that maybe it is hard. You can write a pattern like Rational[n_,m_]-> f[n,m] So your item 2. is wrong. and probably your item 1 is overly simplified for tricky cases. RJF