radcan behaviour

• Subject: radcan behaviour
• From: Loïc
• Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:51:42 +0100

Hi list

I don't understand some simplifications with radcan:

(%i5) radcan(sqrt((x+1)^2));
(%o5)                             abs(x + 1)
(%i6) radcan(sqrt(x^2+2*x+1));
(%o6)                                x + 1

Seems to be a bug, no?

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