Expand does not expands?

[Christian Bauer]

Hi!

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:51:51PM +0200, zellerin at winbase.software602.cz wrote:
> 3*(-1+x^2+y^2)*y^2-3*x^2+3*x^4-3*(-1+x^2+y^2)*x^2-3*y^4+3*y^2 = 0
> 
> I would say that the polynomial on the left side is not expanded, in spite of
> the fact that it should be result of an expand. Anyone give me a hint what I
> am doing/expecting wrong?

You are calling normal() after expand() and normal() is not guaranteed to
return an expanded numerator. Specifically, it is not expanded because
there's a square root in it ((x^2+y^2-1)^1/2) that is treated as a single
object by normal(). You have to call expand() after normal() if you want
an expanded result. Also, the operation of normal should not depend on
whether or not its input expression is expanded (it may only affect its
runtime and the expanded-ness of the result).

Bye,
Christian

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