Re: more on mma big bad bug

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From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:57

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In <15373.2b4c73d5@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> vandesande@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:


>Pi Sqrt[Pi]/(2 2 Sqrt[2])

>The explanation for the "big bad bug" from Wolfram is that 
>the Simplification rules for Power conflict.  The expression
>is "simplified" back and forth between two different forms.
>Will fix in another release, they say.  There is no really 
>satisfactory fix.

There is a satisfactory fix.  Wolfram just doesn't think so.
The fix would be to set which automatic simplification is in effect with a
global variable.

I preferred the Sqrt simplification in 1.2 to 2.0, anyway.
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