equality with integer exponents
n = var("n",domain = ZZ) assume(n>0) bool(3^(2*n) == (3^2)^n )
reply: False
Why?
Big thangs
When asked for a Boolean expression, SageMath returns False
if it is not capable to evaluate the expression to either true or false (a real false). This is what is happening in the present case; SageMath does not detect the identity:
sage: (3^(2*n) - (3^2)^n).simplify_full()
-9^n + 3^(2*n)
SymPy is more clever:
sage: (3^(2*n) - (3^2)^n)._sympy_().simplify()
0
Well, SageMath can get it with canonicalize_radical()
:
sage: (3^(2*n) - (3^2)^n).canonicalize_radical()
0
Asked: 2019-12-23 17:22:48 +0100
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Last updated: Dec 23 '19