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Re: Why can't Mathematica tell when something is algebraically zero?

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  • Subject: [mg108179] Re: Why can't Mathematica tell when something is algebraically zero?
  • From: psycho_dad <s.nesseris at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:29:02 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,
Applying PowerExpand seems to work (in v.7):

r^2 Sqrt[(r^3 + r + 2)/r] - Sqrt[r^3 (r^3 + r + 2)] //PowerExpand
0

Cheers,
psycho_dad


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