Subject: factor command on expression with imaginary %i
From: Rupert Swarbrick
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:29:02 +0100
"Burgess, Don" <deburgess at asbury.edu> writes:
> Why does the factor command NOT work on an expression that contains
> the imaginary %i?
>
> (%i11) lp*lp;
> (%o11) (%i*omega[1]-beta)^2
> (%i12) expand(%);
> (%o12) beta^2-2*%i*omega[1]*beta-omega[1]^2
> (%i13) factor(%);
> (%o13) beta^2-2*%i*omega[1]*beta-omega[1]^2
>
> I asked the same question yesterday, but with an image of the worksheet.
>
> thanks for your work,
> don burgess
Yep, I think it might have been held for moderation because of the file
size. Anyway, I've replied to that message:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mathematics.maxima.general/43262
Rupert
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