simplify



On Sep 11, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Raymond Toy wrote:

> ?iga Lenar?i? wrote:
>> So I propose we implement a 'simplify' command into Maxima. I'm not
>> very experienced with maxima expression transforming capabilities,  
>> but
>> as far as I know there is no simple way to transform
>> 1 + a*b + a*c + a*d -> 1 + a*(b + c + d)
> factorsum(1 + a*b + a*c + a*d) -> a*(b + c + d) + 1
>
> Ray
>

Thanks!

I've added it to the functions simplify uses I now I get (the way I  
want it to simplify):

(%i37) simplify( exp( %i * m * k )* exp(%i * l * k));
(%o37) %e^(%i*k*(m+l))

Regards,
Ziga