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(abs(sin(x))^2).simplify_full()

asked 2013-01-29 10:07:09 +0100

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I think (abs(sin(x))^2).simplify_full() should render sin(x)^2. This is not the case in sage 5.6 even with the assumption assume(x, 'real'). Is this a [known] bug?

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Here, using Ubuntu 12.04, it consistently yields abs(sin(x))^2. Please note that the similar input abs(sin(x)^2).simplify_full() produces the right answer. Version 5.5 does not have this problem.

jllb gravatar imagejllb ( 2013-01-30 04:00:32 +0100 )edit

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answered 2015-01-26 18:12:24 +0100

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I think that Maxima (which handles simplification and assumptions) is correct insofar that

sage: assume(x,"real")
sage: (abs(sin(x))^2).simplify_full()
abs(sin(x))^2
sage: (abs(x)^2).simplify_full()
x^2

because it can't assume sin(x) to be real. But trying that gives an error, so, even if Maxima doesn't know by itself that sin(x) is real, there should be a means to specify it.

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Upstream it? Esp. if this used to work, as I can confirm in 5.2.

kcrisman gravatar imagekcrisman ( 2015-01-27 15:22:47 +0100 )edit

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