Thank you! It is helpful to know there are multiple ways to do this.
(2012/06/02 22:55), Barton Willis wrote:
>> How do I tell Maxima not to use sinh() in the output. Instead I want
>> exp() only. How to simplify sinh() into expression with exp().
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> The function exponentialize converts trig-like functions to exponential form; for example
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> (%i127) exponentialize(sinh(x));
> (%o127) (%e^x-%e^(-x))/2
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> To do this automatically, set the option variable exponentialize to true:
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> (%i1) exponentialize : true;
> (%o1) true
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> (%i2) 42 + sinh(a) + sinh(sqrt(x));
> (%o2) (%e^sqrt(x)-%e^(-sqrt(x)))/2+(%e^a-%e^(-a))/2+42
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> Setting exponentialize to true will convert all trig-like functions to exponential form.
> And yes, exponentialize is both an option variable and a function.
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> If you want to convert just sinh to exponential form (and not the other trig-like functions), you'll need to use tellsimpafter:
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> (%i1) matchdeclare(z, lambda([s],true))$
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> (%i3) block([exponentialize : false], tellsimpafter(sinh(z), exp(z)/2 - exp(-x)/2))$
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> (%i5) sinh(a+b) - cosh(c);
> (%o5) -%e^(-x)/2-cosh(c)+%e^(b+a)/2
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> --Barton
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