Simplifying a product of square roots

• Subject: Simplifying a product of square roots
• From: Daniel Kraft
• Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:50:16 +0200

Barton Willis wrote:
> (%i3) rootscontract(sqrt(2 - sqrt(2)) * sqrt(2 + sqrt(2)) / sqrt(2));
> (%o3) 1
> 
> Barton

Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for!

Yours,
Daniel

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