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Comment by noosphr

More generally it's not at all clear what 'simplify' means.

Is x*x simpler than x^2? Probably? Is sqrt(5)^3 simpler than 5^(3/2)? I don't know.

It entirely depends on what you're going to be doing with the expression later.

parent noosphr 7 months ago

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