--- Dan Stanger <dan.stanger@ieee.org> wrote:
> Is there a simplification in maxima that will cause this expression
> to be simplified to u:
> (u^l2)^(1/l2)
> Thanks,
> Dan Stanger
For me this seems to work:
GCL (GNU Common Lisp) Version(2.5.0) Thu Dec 5 08:07:35 EST 2002
Licensed under GNU Library General Public License
Contains Enhancements by W. Schelter
Maxima 5.9.0.rc4 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
provides bug reporting information.
(C1) ratsimp((u^12)^(1/12));
(D1) ABS(u)
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