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answered 2015-10-13 11:50:53 +0100
If you substitute v instead of v^2 via
v
v^2
sage: eq=eq1.subs({v: sqrt(p^4-2*p^3+5*p^2+8*p+4)})
then you get zero after simplification:
sage: eq.simplify_full() 0