simplification of radicals

• Subject: simplification of radicals
• From: Barton Willis
• Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:04:43 -0500

A few versions ago, I think the following simplified to zero; now
it doesn't:

 (%i6) sqrt(3) * sqrt(17) - sqrt(51);
 (%o6) sqrt(3) sqrt(17) - sqrt(51)

Both CVS Maxima and 5.15.0 will not simplify %i6 to zero. If this is a new
bug, it's sad that the test suite didn't catch it.

Barton

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