Daniel Lakeland wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:26:29PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
>>
>> Say I have
>>
>> (%i5) a : D^2 * (D^2 - x^2)/(D+3*x)^4;
> ...
>> How can I change 'a' so that maxima displays
> ....
>> (%i6) b : (1-(x/D)^2)/(1+3*(x/D))^4;
> ...
>> Any ideas?
>
> I love these kinds of questions, because I usually learn a lot about
> how to use maxima from them...
>
> The only thing I can figure out is "by hand" methods. That is, telling
> maxima to carry out some operations. you can make this easier to do by
> using pickapart:
>
> (%i36) pickapart(a,2);
>
> 2
> (%t36) D
>
>
> 2 2
> (%t37) D - x
>
>
> (%t38) D + 3 x
>
> %t36 %t37
> (%o38) ---------
> 4
> %t38
>
> (%i51) multthru(1/D^2,%t37)/multthru(1/D,%t38)^4;
>
> 2
> x
> 1 - --
> 2
> D
> (%o51) ----------
> 3 x 4
> (--- + 1)
> D
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
This is working. Thanks. Any other solutions are also welcome.
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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