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Mathematica not able to confirm its own solution to differential equation
I type the following into Mathematica:
DSolve[q''[x] + 2 x/(x^2 - 1) q'[x] - 4*q[x]/(x^2 - 1) == 0, q[x], x]
It gives me the result
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Simplifying numerical expressions involving special functions
I've encountered the following problem. There is the identity that the special functions EllipticK[x] and EllipticE[x] satisfy:
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Why doesn't Log[Gamma[]] simplify to LogGamma[] where it could?
I have been playing with various equations involving amount of permutations in relatively large sets. Easiest way to look at these is something like Log[10, bignumber!] . Often expressions, even ...
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Is my expression too complicated for FullSimplify or am I doing something wrong?
I have a messily defined function $v(h, w)$ with $h, w \in \mathbb{R}$ and with a removable singularity at $h=1/2$, and I am trying to prove some of its properties using Mathematica. In particular I ...
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What is the difference between a few simplification techniques?
I am trying to understand the difference between Refine, Simplify and FullSimplify, and when ...
