Taylor Question



That worked.  Thanks

David



On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 18:34 -0500, Barton Willis wrote:
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> >From: David Ronis <ronis at ronispc.chem.mcgill.ca>
> >Sent by: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> >Date: 10/22/2007 06:16PM
> >Subject: Taylor Question
> >
> >I have a function, f(x), that when Taylor expanded around x=1 in maxima
> >gives:
> >
> >
> >                           2
> >         M_tot N   (M_tot N  + 2 M_tot N) (x - 1)
> >(%o7)/T/ ------- + ------------------------------
> >            2                    12
> >                                                2                     2
> >                                        (M_tot N  + 2 M_tot N) (x - 1)
> >                                      - -------------------------------
> >+ . . .
> >                                                      24
> >
> >Is there a flag that will simplify the coefficients of (x-1) separately.
> 
> 
> Try things like map('factor, %) or map('ratsimp, %), or ...
> 
> BW
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