[newbie] help with simplification



As simplified with ratsimp/algebraic, the result is:

    sqrt(-(2*l*sqrt(2*c*l*r^2+l^2)-c^2*r^4+2*c*l*r^2+2*l^2)/(c^2*r^4-4*c*l*r^2))

(call that qq)

To simplify beyond that, you'll need to decide what form you want, or
what assumptions you make about the values of the parameters.  For
example, if R is relatively small, you might try

taylor(qq,r,0,1) => sqrt(c)*sqrt(l)/(c*r)+5*sqrt(c)*sqrt(l)*r/(8*l)+...

which you can simplify further ...

map(factor,taylor(...)) => sqrt(c)*sqrt(l)/(c*r)+5*sqrt(c)*sqrt(l)*r/(8*l)

which it turns out is the same as taylor(qq,[r,l,c],0,3).

If on the other hand R is relatively large,

map(factor,taylor(qq,r,inf,3)) =>  l/(c*r^2)-sqrt(2)*l^(3/2)/(c^(3/2)*r^3)+1

If L >> C, then try rr:subst(a*c,l,qq) and then

taylor(rr,a,inf,1) =>  sqrt(a)/r+5*r/(8*sqrt(a))

or if L << C

taylor(rr,a,0,1) => 1+a/r^2

and so on.

Hope this helps.

                -s