> Is gcdfactor() any different from the following? > > In [1]: f = x**2*exp(x)+exp(x+y)*x/y > > In [2]: f > Out[2]: > x + y > 2 x x⋅ℯ > x ⋅ℯ + ──────── > y > > In [3]: factor(f) > Out[3]: > ⎛ y⎞ > ⎜ ℯ ⎟ x > x⋅⎜x + ──⎟⋅ℯ > ⎝ y ⎠ >
In this case, no. But gcdfactor would do nothing to 1-x**2 whereas factor would return (1+x)*(1-x). Removing a common factor from all terms before beginning the formal factoring process makes the regular factoring a lot easier. I think the place for this type of function is in simplify. It's like collect but it's not collecting for a given term, it's collecting from every term whatever is in common and can be extracted multiplicatively. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy-patches" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy-patc...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy-patches+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy-patches?hl=en.
