sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)) =/= 1
- Subject: sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)) =/= 1
- From: stephen's mailinglist account
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:03:24 +0000
On 5 December 2010 12:12, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:
> I'd call this a bug:
>
> ?(%i10) sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)),domain : real, radexpand : true;
> ?(%o10) sqrt(x^3)/x^(3/2)
>
> ?(%i11) sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)), domain : real, radexpand : all;
> ?(%o11) 1
>
> ?(%i12) sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)), domain : complex;
> ?(%o12) 1
>
> --Barton
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(%i1) sqrt(x^3) * (1/sqrt(x^3)),domain : real, radexpand : true;
(%o1) 1
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Stephen