how can I simplify sqrt(1-sin(x)*sin(x)) to |cos(x)|



Hi Xiaolei,
Welcome to Maxima.

Try the following:
tellsimp(sin(x)^2,1-cos(x)^2);
 then enter your expression:   sqrt(1-sin(x)^2)

Hope this helps.
Milan

* xiaolei zhang <zhaxiaolei at gmail.com> [2006-09-22 13:15:35 +0800]:

> Hello everybody:
> 
> I an new to maxiam, how can I simplify sqrt(1-sin(x)*sin(x)) to |cos(x)|
> ?
> 
> thanks.
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