In your example, 'r' is not an explicit rational number (e.g. 5 or 2/3 or
-15/7) but a symbol.
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 4:10 AM, jfr.maurel at gmail.com
<jfr.maurel at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to %e_to_numlog documentation:
> When true, r some rational number, and x some expression, %e^(r*log(x))will be simplified into
> x^r
>
> This does not work for me:
>
> reset()$
> kill(all)$
> %e_to_numlog:true;
> exp(r*log(x));
> radcan(exp(r*log(x)));
>
> (%o1) true
> (%o2) %e^(r*log(x))
> (%o3) x^r
>
> Could you please tell me what I am missing.
>
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> Regards
>
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