Subject: factor command on expression with imaginary %i
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 11:58:53 -0400
Try gfactor.
Thanks for your interest in Maxima.
-s
On Sep 8, 2013 8:06 AM, "Burgess, Don" <deburgess at asbury.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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