factor with 2 variables



On 2/21/2013 12:26 PM, Ranousse wrote:
> I wonder if there's a command to convert
>   2      2/3  4/3      4/3  2/3    2
> b  + 3 a    b    + 3 a    b    + a
> into
> (b^(2/3)+a^(2/3))^3
>
> Thank you.
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no, but try
  ratsubst(z,a^(3/2),%)
ratsubst(w,b^(3/2),%)
factor(%)