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Ignore higher order terms in an expression
I am trying to ignore terms that are higher order (third or more) in an expression. For example, for the input function:
$$f_{in}= \alpha\beta + \alpha^2 + \beta^2 + \alpha\beta^2/2 +
\alpha^2 \beta $...
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Why does my list of positions contain a leading and following element not in the original list?
I have a list which contains non-integers (three in this case) each of which I need to replace with a different Random Variate.
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Replace all integers by 1?
Let list1 be a list of variables of the form {c1 a, c2 b, ...} where $a,b,...\in\mathbb{C}$ and $c1,c2,...\in\mathbb{Z}$. I am ...
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Manipulating rules
I tried searching in the docs in "Transformation Rules and Definitions", however there wasn't anything of help.
So imagine I have these two rules:
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Evaluate coefficients of delta functions in a given expression
Suppose that I have a function of the form:
myfn[x_] = smoothfn[x] + A[x] DiracDelta[x-x0] + B[x] DiracDelta'[x-x0],
where ...
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How to subtract these two equations?
There are two equations:
eq1 = x1^2/a^2 + y1^2/b^2 == 1;
eq2 = x2^2/a^2 + y2^2/b^2 == 1;
How to get this result by subtracting two equations?
the result
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How to use replacement rules in a named expression before a sub-expression evaluates?
I have a named expression: expr := a + b. a and b are also named expressions.
Let's say <...
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How to distinguish x[a] from x in replacement rules? [closed]
Quick to the point:is there a way to make Mathematica assume that $a \neq a[1] \neq a[2] , ...$ I notice that Solve assumes that $a$ is the same for all $a[1],a[2],...$ Also, if I replace $a \...
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Don't simplify integer square roots
How can I rewrite an expression like $\frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}$ as $\frac{1}{\sqrt{12}}$?
This works in principle, but gets immediately simplified back to the original expression
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Symbolic derivative of transposition
I have an expression:
expr = Transpose[x]+Transpose[f[x]]+Transpose[x+f[x]]
I want to differentiate this expression and desired result looks like this:
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Substituting into equations
If I evaluate D[f[g[x]],{x,5}], I'll get a result containing derivatives of f and g, explained here. But suppose that I have explicit formulae for the derivatives $...
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Replacement inside held expression
I wish to make a replacement inside a held expression:
f[x_Real] := x^2;
Hold[{2., 3.}] /. n_Real :> f[n]
The desired output is ...
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Back-substitution
Suppose that we have an expression (expr in the code below) and replace a long term with a new parameter (K).
For a simple example;
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Replace subexpression with variable in result from Laplace transform
I'd like to clean up the result I obtained from an inverse Laplace transform:
First of all, I'd like to replace the square root expressions in the hyperbolic function arguments (part encircled in ...
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Denoting the whole in Position/Extract/ReplacePart
Position returns lists of numbers consumed by Extract, ReplacePart and others as "...
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