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Unexpected symbolic result

jstavitsky
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Unexpected symbolic result

I cannot seem to reproduce the issue, but I recently had the symbolic solver return something like (10x^5)(y^3)(xy) for (5x^3)(y^2)(2x^2)(y^2). In other words, it was simplified but not _completely_ simplified. Is there a reason it would do that?

Thanks

Joe

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Joseph Stavitsky wrote:

I cannot seem to reproduce the issue, but I recently had the symbolic solver return something like (10x^5)(y^3)(xy) for (5x^3)(y^2)(2x^2)(y^2). In other words, it was simplified but not _completely_ simplified. Is there a reason it would do that?

Thanks

Joe

Hard to say without a worksheet. My best guess is, that on one occasion you forgot to type a multiplication sign between x and y in the expression to be modified and so you used a new, third variable xy.

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Joseph Stavitsky wrote:

I cannot seem to reproduce the issue, but I recently had the symbolic solver return something like (10x^5)(y^3)(xy) for (5x^3)(y^2)(2x^2)(y^2). In other words, it was simplified but not _completely_ simplified. Is there a reason it would do that?

Thanks

Joe

Hard to say without a worksheet. My best guess is, that on one occasion you forgot to type a multiplication sign between x and y in the expression to be modified and so you used a new, third variable xy.

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