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Re: simplify

From	"G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.maple
Subject	Re: simplify
Date	2017-08-11 04:17 -0600
Organization	Ohio State Univ
Message-ID	<110820170417192973%edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> (permalink)
References	<omg0fv$u3k$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <omg0fv$u3k$1@dont-email.me>, William Unruh
<unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:

> Having just graduated from Maple 9.5 to Maple 2016.2 I am flummoxed by
> the simplify command. My expression includes square roots, and all I get
> from simplify is "`simplify/sqrt/product` uses a 2nd argument, n, which
> is missing" which is of no help at all. One would think it would use the
> old simplfy procedure (eg assuming positivee argument and positive
> result by default, or something like that). 
> Looking at the help page and putting in 
> simplify(%,assume=positive) just give the same response.
> If simplify is simply going to throw up its hands in despair every time
> it runs across something slightly out of the ordinary, it makes it
> pretty useless.
> 
> 

Why not give us an example where you get this message?

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G. A. Edgar                              http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/

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simplify William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-08-09 21:57 +0000
  Re: simplify "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2017-08-11 04:17 -0600
    Re: simplify William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-08-11 10:48 +0000
      Re: simplify "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2017-08-15 06:36 -0600
        Re: simplify William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2017-08-15 14:42 +0000
          Re: simplify jfh <john.harper@vuw.ac.nz> - 2017-08-16 19:30 -0700
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