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Re: Re: Radicals simplify

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• Subject: [mg106411] Re: [mg106386] Re: Radicals simplify
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:54:14 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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• Reply-to: murray at math.umass.edu

Mathematica 7 documentation does NOT say that LeafCount is the criterion 
for determining simplicity, that is, the default value of 
ComplexityFunction.  Rather it says:

   "The default ComplexityFunction counts the subexpressions and digits 
of integers."

But it does not even say how it combines the counts of the number of 
subexpressions and digits of integers!

On 1/11/2010 5:30 AM, dh wrote:
> Hi,
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> why do you think x(x^2 y^3)^(1/4) is simpler than (x^6 y^3)^(1/4)?
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> Mathematica needs some criterion for this decision. The default criterion is the
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> "LeafCount[..]". If that does not suit you, you must define another
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> criterion.
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> Daniel
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> francix wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am using Matematica 7 and need some help with Radicals.
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>> Simplify[(x^4 y^3)^(1/4), x>= 0] I correctly have
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>> x (y^3)^(1/4)
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>> But If I do
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>> Simplify[(x^6 y^3)^(1/4), x>= 0] I get
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>> (x^6 y^3)^(1/4) and not the correct answer  x(x^2 y^3)^(1/4)
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>> Thanks in advanced.
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    • From: dh <dh@metrohm.com>