Simplify exponential expression



Thanks Stavros,

I want to group them just for better display, and your  

> substpart(factor(piece),qq,[1,2])
> substpart(factor(piece),%,[2,3]) 

 do it in the right way; ... I was just thinking Maxima could do it without my 
help, finding by herself the terms with the same exponent. :)

Greetings from Italy,

Dionisio 


Stavros Macrakis <macrakis <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

> 
> Why do you want to group them? ?For a nicer display? To perform some further 
calculation?
> If it's just for a nicer display, you could do something like this:
> 
> 
> qq: 2*exp(-3*t/2)*
(18*sinh(sqrt(5)*t/2)/sqrt(5)-6*cosh((sqrt(5)*t/2)))+12,exponentialize,expand;
> 
> ""(part(qq,[1,2])) + ""(part(qq,[3,4])) ? ? <<< apply the function with a null 
name to each part (!)
> 
> 
> This is fine for display, but not very useful for further manipulation. (A 
trickier way uses ' "("(...), but I don't want to confuse you too?much.)
> 
> If you want to manipulate the parts separately, you might want to put them 
into a list, like this:
> 
> 
> qql: [ part(qq,[1,2]), part(qq,[3,4]) ]
> 
> 
> Though another way to manipulate each part separately is with "substpart", 
e.g.:
> 
> 
> 
> substpart(factor(piece),qq,[1,2])
> substpart(factor(piece),%,[2,3]) ? ? ?<<< note that piece [1,2] became just 
one term
> 
> As I say, the correct answer to your question depends on why?you want to group 
them.
> 
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-s
> 
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Dionisio De Zolt <ddzolt <at> libero.it> 
wrote:
> Hi, just a simple question ... could you please tell me how to group first 
andsecond term as well as third and fourth of the following expression(%i1) 
2*exp(-3*t/2)*
(18*sinh(sqrt(5)*t/2)/sqrt(5)-6*cosh((sqrt(5)*t/2)))+12,exponentialize,expand;Th
anksRegardsDionisio
> 
> 
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