Thanks Barton and Dieter. I tried the rootscontract command and it did what
I wanted.
Cheers, R.
thanks to Barton and Dieter. I tried the rootscontract command and it what I
wanted.
Cheers
2009/8/20 Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu>
> (%i7) e : sqrt(Y) * sqrt(Y/X)$
>
> Either
>
> (%i9) ratsimp(rootscontract(e));
> (%o9) abs(Y)/sqrt(X)
>
> or
>
> (%i10) radcan(e);
> (%o10) Y/sqrt(X)
>
> For user documentation, enter ? name; for example:
>
> > ? rootscontract;
>
> If the user documentation doesn't explain why %o9 differs from
> %o10, it's a bug.
>
> Barton
>
>
>
> -----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
> >To: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> >From: ranjit b <ranjit.rosof.b189 at googlemail.com>
> >Sent by: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> >Date: 08/20/2009 05:24AM
> >Subject: square root simplification
> >
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >ist there a way to tell maxima to simplyify sqrt(Y) * sqrt(Y/X) to
> >Y/sqrt(X)? I have tried the sqrtdenest() function after loading the sqdnst
> >package, but was unsuccessful.
> >I am grateful for any help.
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