I enter:
sage: a, b = var('a, b'); simplify((a + b)^2 - a^2 - 2*a*b - b^2)and I would expect 0 (i.e. zero) as a result from simplify(), but instead I get back unmodified:
(a + b)^2 - a^2 - 2*a*b - b^2Am I missing anything? I just started using it and it looks very promissing...
There are different simplify functions. Try this:
sage: var('a b')
(a, b)
sage: f = ((a + b)^2 - a^2 - 2*a*b - b^2)
sage: f.simplify() # as you had
(a + b)^2 - a^2 - 2*a*b - b^2
sage: f.simplify_full()
0To the original poster - note the 'dot' notation in this case, where f.simplify() does the same things as simplify(f).
Also note that you can type "f.simplify<tab>" to get a list of functions whose names start with "simplify". Once you've found one, like "f.simplify()" or "f.simplify_full()", I would recommend typing "f.simplify?" or "f.simplify_full?" to read the documentation.
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