oldk1331 wrote: > > OK, after some debugging, I have made a patch: > > --- a/src/algebra/manip.spad > +++ b/src/algebra/manip.spad > @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ AlgebraicManipulations(R, F) : Exports == > Implementation where > rootKerSimp(op, x, n) == inroot(op, x, n) > > -- l is a list of nth-roots, returns a list of records of the form > --- [a^(1/n1), a^(1/n2), ...], [n1, n2, ...]] > +-- [[a^(1/n1), a^(1/n2), ...], [n1, n2, ...]] > -- such that the whole list covers l exactly > breakup l == > empty? l => empty() > @@ -386,21 +386,22 @@ > -- replaces (a^(1/n))^m in p by a power of a simpler radical of a if > -- n and m have a common factor > radeval(p, k) == > a := first(arg := argument k) > n := (retract(second arg)@Integer)::NonNegativeInteger > ans : F := 0 > q := univariate(p, k) > while (d := degree q) > 0 repeat > - term := > + term : F := > -- one?(g := gcd(d, n)) => monomial(1, k, d) > - ((g := gcd(d, n)) = 1) => monomial(1, k, d) > - monomial(1, kernel(operator k, [a, (n quo g)::F], height k), d > quo g) > - ans := ans + leadingCoefficient(q)::F * term::F > + (d = n) => a > + ((g := gcd(d, n)) = 1) => monomial(1, k, d)::F > + monomial(1, kernel(operator k, [a, (n quo g)::F], height k), d > quo g)::F > + ans := ans + leadingCoefficient(q)::F * term > q := reductum q > leadingCoefficient(q)::F + ans > > > First part is just a comment fix. > The second part fixs function 'radeval', bug happens when > simplify calls rootProduct calls radeval. > As we can see from the comments above, when 'm=n', > '(a^(1/n))^m' should simplify to 'a' instead of '(a^(1/1))^1'.
Does it handle the following? r1 := sqrt(x) r2 := x^(2/3) r3 := x^(3/4) r12 := x^(1/12) simplify(r1*r2*r3*r12) -- Waldek Hebisch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.