Simplifying a product of square roots
- Subject: Simplifying a product of square roots
- From: Barton Willis
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:21:46 -0500
(%i3) rootscontract(sqrt(2 - sqrt(2)) * sqrt(2 + sqrt(2)) / sqrt(2));
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Barton
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>From:?Daniel?Kraft?<d at domob.eu>
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>Date:?08/27/2009?04:45AM
>Subject:?[Maxima]?Simplifying?a?product?of?square?roots
>
>Hi?all,
>
>I'd?like?maxima?to?simplify?an?expression?like?this:
>
>sqrt(2?-?sqrt(2))?*?sqrt(2?+?sqrt(2))?/?sqrt(2)
>
>to?1.??I?tried?to?find?some?hints?on?the?internet,?but?all?I?came?up
>with?seems?not?to?work?in?my?case:
>
>sqrtdenest(%),?scanmap(sqrtdenest,?%),?scanmap(factor,?%)
>all?do?not?alter?the?expression?in?any?way.
>
>Is?it?possible?to?get?this?kind?of?simplification???(Later?on?I?may?want
>to?have?it?done?on?similar?expressions?involving?variables,?but?for?now
>I'd?just?be?happy?to?get?this?basic?one?done?and?try?with?that?further.)
>
>Thanks?a?lot!
>
>Daniel
>
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