Simplification Solutions

Boilerplate to make the doctester work.


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import sys
import os
sys.path.insert(1, os.path.join(os.path.pardir, "ipython_doctester"))
from sympy import *
from ipython_doctester import test
x, y, z = symbols('x y z')

For each exercise, fill in the function according to its docstring. Execute the cell to see if you did it right.

Polynomial/Rational Function Simplification

In each exercise, apply specific simplification functions to get the desired result.


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@test
def polysimp1(expr):
    """
    >>> polysimp1(cos(x)*sin(x) + cos(x))
    (sin(x) + 1)*cos(x)
    >>> polysimp1(cos(x)*sin(x) + cos(x) + 1)
    (sin(x) + 1)*cos(x) + 1
    """
    return collect(expr, cos(x))


Success!


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@test
def polysimp2(expr):
    """
    >>> polysimp2((2*x + 1)/(x**2 + x))
    1/(x + 1) + 1/x
    >>> polysimp2((x**2 + 3*x + 1)/(x**3 + 2*x**2 + x))
    1/(x**2 + 2*x + 1) + 1/x
    """
    return expand(apart(expr))


Success!

Powers

In each exercise, apply specific simplification functions to get the desired result.


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@test
def powersimp1(expr):
    """
    >>> powersimp1(exp(x)*(exp(y) + 1))
    exp(x) + exp(x + y)
    """
    return powsimp(expand(expr))


Success!


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@test
def powersimp2(expr):
    """
    >>> powersimp2(2**x*x**x)
    (2*x)**x
    >>> powersimp2(x**x*x**x)
    (x**2)**x
    """
    return powsimp(expr, force=True)


Success!


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@test
def powersimp3(expr):
    """
    >>> a, b, c = symbols('a b c')
    >>> powersimp3((a**b)**c)
    a**(b*c)
    >>> powersimp3((a**b)**(c + 1))
    a**(b*c + b)
    """
    return powdenest(expand_power_exp(expr), force=True)


Success!

Logs


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@test
def logsimp1(expr):
    """
    >>> a, b = symbols('a b', positive=True)
    >>> logsimp1(log(x**y*a**b))
    y*log(x) + log(a**b)
    >>> logsimp1(log(x*y*a*b))
    log(x) + log(y) + log(a*b)
    """
    return logcombine(expand_log(expr, force=True))


Success!

Miscellaneous


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@test
def miscsimp1(expr):
    """
    >>> miscsimp1(sin(x + y))
    2*(-tan(x/2)**2 + 1)*tan(y/2)/((tan(x/2)**2 + 1)*(tan(y/2)**2 + 1)) + 2*(-tan(y/2)**2 + 1)*tan(x/2)/((tan(x/2)**2 + 1)*(tan(y/2)**2 + 1))
    """
    return expand_trig(expr).rewrite(tan)


Success!


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@test
def miscsimp2(expr):
    """
    >>> miscsimp2(gamma(x + 4))
    x**4*gamma(x) + 6*x**3*gamma(x) + 11*x**2*gamma(x) + 6*x*gamma(x)
    """
    return expand(expand_func(expr))


Success!

Continued Fractions


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def list_to_frac(l):
    expr = Integer(0)
    for i in reversed(l[1:]):
        expr += i
        expr = 1/expr
    return l[0] + expr

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a0, a1, a2, a3, a4 = symbols('a0:5')

Determine the list used to create the continued fraction $$\frac{a_{0} a_{1} a_{2} a_{3} a_{4} + a_{0} a_{1} a_{2} + a_{0} a_{3} a_{4} + a_{0} + a_{1} a_{2} a_{3} + a_{1} a_{3} a_{4} + a_{1} + a_{3}}{a_{0} a_{1} a_{2} a_{4} + a_{0} a_{4} + a_{1} a_{2} + a_{1} a_{4} + 1}.$$


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@test
def continued_frac():
    """
    Determine the original list used to create the fraction.  

    Return the original list from this function.

    >>> orig_frac = (a0*a1*a2*a3*a4 + a0*a1*a2 + a0*a3*a4 + a0 + a1*a2*a3 + a1*a3*a4 + a1 + a3)/(a0*a1*a2*a4 + a0*a4 + a1*a2 + a1*a4 + 1)
    >>> pprint(orig_frac, use_unicode=False, wrap_line=False)
    a0*a1*a2*a3*a4 + a0*a1*a2 + a0*a3*a4 + a0 + a1*a2*a3 + a1*a3*a4 + a1 + a3
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     a0*a1*a2*a4 + a0*a4 + a1*a2 + a1*a4 + 1                 
    >>> cancel(list_to_frac(continued_frac())) == orig_frac
    True
    """
    return [a3, a4, a0, a2, a1]


Success!


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