[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53111] [octave forge] (symbolic): does not simplify results the same as matlab

[anonymous]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #53111 (project octave):

Thank you, this is significantly better. 

matlab must internally simplify prior to printing to the command window.


So for me this is an easy fix.

x_d_a=simplify(diff(x,a))


I think this can be closed, and I will just do the above from now on.

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I agree with your thoughts about compatibility, since placing the same values
in the equation will produce the same final solution. 
However, in coursework a professor (or computer) may just see the equations
are different, and not award credit. 

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For some reason I thought if I could expand then everything would go away. So
I tried.

help expand
error: help: 'expand' not found


I did not think of:

help simplify
error: help: 'simplify' is a method of class 'sym'; it must be called with a
'sym'
argument (see 'help @sym/simplify').

Please read <http://www.octave.org/missing.html> to learn how you can
contribute missing functionality.




 help @sym/simplify
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.
.
See also: @sym/isAlways, @sym/factor, @sym/expand, @sym/rewrite




 help @sym/expand
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See also: @sym/factor.




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