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Maple 9 Learning Guide - Maplesoft

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6 Evaluation andSimplificationExpression manipulation serves many purposes, for example, convertingoutput expressions into a familiar form to check answers or into a specificform needed by certain <strong>Maple</strong> routines. The issue of simplification is difficultin symbolic mathematics. What is simple in one context may not bein another context—each individual context can have its own definitionof a simple form.Working with Expressions in <strong>Maple</strong><strong>Maple</strong> provides a set of tools for working with expressions, for performingboth mathematical and structural manipulations.• Mathematical manipulations correspond to a standard mathematicalprocess, for example, factoring a polynomial, or rationalizing the denominatorof a rational expression.• Structural manipulation tools allow you to access and modify parts ofthe <strong>Maple</strong> data structures that represent expressions and other typesof objects.In This Chapter• Mathematical manipulations• Assumptions• Structural manipulations• Evaluation rules155

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