Questions tagged [assumptions]
Questions about the function Assuming[], the $Assumptions system variable, and the Assumptions option of functions such as Simplify[] and Integrate[].
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Implementing global Assumptions [closed]
Why do the following commands
$Assumptions = {Element[x, Reals], x > 0};
Solve[{x^2 == 1}, {x}]
Solve[{x^2 == -1}, {x}]
give
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Correctly restricting domain of parameters within Solve
I have seen a few posts about this (such as this one), but none solved my problem.
As a silly example, suppose I want to solve (1-x)^n = 0, knowing that n > 1. I ...
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Make assumption for function with variable argument
I would like to assume that a>t[b_] for any b, such that e.g. Simplify[a>t[c]]==True. ...
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Many global assumptions
I will do some calculations with probability distribution p[t] - which is a vector and each term corresponds to a probability of some event. Accordingly the sum over the terms in p[t] has to be one, ...
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Simplify with my own assumption to a^2+b^2=C^2
I am trying to use an assumption to simplify as a^2+b^2=C:
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Simplify the cubic root of cube assuming real and positive variable
I know this is very simple but I couldn't find a reasonable solution for it in the archive. It seems that my Mathematica does not take into account the assumptions when it wants to simplify the ...
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Why are some of my assumptions ignored?
In my opinion Mathematica should be able to further calculate and simplify the output of G1[...].
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FullSimplify does not simplify at all
I have some problems simplifying things with FullSimplify. Suppose a matrix ...
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How to work properly with assumptions?
I'm trying to find an analytical solution which depends only of $i,j$ and $a$ variables, for a serie considering some initial assumptions.
The series is
$$s_{i0}=s_{0j} = 1,\\ s_{11} = 1-a,\\ s_{12} ...
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Problem with integrating special function under assumption
i found different results when integrating a special function (see below), depending where i place my assumption (x > 0, x0 > 0). The problem is that the two solutions are not compatible.
In fact, if ...
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Taking real and imaginary parts after reciprocal
I noticed the following strange scenario. When I defined a variable to be real, Mathematica does not only recognize that it is real after taking an inverse. How can I resolve this so that it will ...
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I am asserting a variable in Mathematica as Real yet it is not implementing it!
Element[\[Theta], Reals];
Ga = g;
Gb = g*Exp[I*\[Theta]];
{{Conjugate[Gb], Ga}, {Ga, Gb}}
I have a code as such for a matrix as given above. as ...
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FullSimplify does not work well (require answer in terms of a particular variable)
(new to Mathematica)
I am trying to simplify the Schwarzian derivative of f w.r.t. u.(In[10]). Here f is prime of Weierstrass function (In[8]) which has some constraints (In[9])
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How to plot the eigenvalues of a parametric matrix efficiently?
I was wondering how can I set the variable type of matrix elements to be real.
The problem is, I creat a variable-dependent matrix as follows
and I get the eigenvalues
now I want to plot the ...
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Multiple Assumptions for Symbolic Matrices
new to the forum and here's the question I'm pondering on:
I'm trying to use FindInstance in Mathematica to solve a symbolic matrix equation with quite a few assumptions. For example, quite ...
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`Minimize` not working for general case
I'm trying to perform a minimization for an arbitrary natural number. If I enter a specific number, Mathematica performs the correct minimization. Am I specifying k ...
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Simplifying an expression involving a matrix and functions of it
I have implemented the following two matrices in Mathematica in order to compute s, but I don't know how I can further simplify the resulting expressions, e.g., ...
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FullSimplify a trigonometric expression doesn't work as expected
I know this kind of question is frequent asked, yet each case has its own particularities. I will show my problem.
I define the following:
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Bug in Integrate with Assumptions?
I encountered behaviour I wasn't expecting with Integrate and thought I'd ask here before reporting a bug in case I'm just missing something obvious. A simple example is the following: Computing
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Result with assumptions contradicts previous result
Without assuming anything on the argument of the complex number inside the Gamma function
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Simplify with Semi-Infinite Interval
I'd like to Simplify an expression using an Interval constraint. This question shows that you need to put the variable in a <...
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Handling Errors in Slowly Converging Dirichlet Beta Infinite Sum
I have tried to calculate the following slowly converging double sum in Mathematica 11.3
$$\sum _{k=1}^{\infty } \left(\frac{ 1}{(2 k-1) (2 k+1)} \left(\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{(2 n-1)...
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How to define a complex function with assumptions?
I'm trying to define a complex function to be able to do analytic calculations. Specifically, I want to define a function $A(x,t)$ in the complex plane with argument $\theta(x,t)$ and modulus $R(x,t)&...
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Clarity of assumptions in PowerExpand
I am trying to simplify a complicated expression which involves $\log$ of sum of $e^{i x_{i}}$ terms, and I found out that using PowerExpand it gets greatly simplified. But I know that PowerExpand ...
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How to define an antisymmetric symbol?
I want to work with linear expressions involving the formal symbol $w[a_1,...,a_n]$, and I would like Mathematica to know that expressions such as
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How to add a vector variable to a vector value?
If we have a three dimensional vector variable:
$Assumptions = a ∈ Vectors[3];
and a three dimensional vector value for example:
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Can pattern assumptions be made reliable?
It is possible to use patterns in assumptions such as f[_]>0. This does not seem to be explained in the documentation but is for instance pointed out in Is it ...
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Forcing Mathematica's Integrate to give more general answers
I have a simple gaussian integral: $\int^{\infty}_{-\infty}dx\:e^{i\alpha x^2}$.
If $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$, then:
$$
\int^\infty_{-\infty} dx\; e^{i \, \alpha x^2} = \sqrt{\frac \pi {-i \alpha}} \...
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Using Series with Refine or Assuming to restrict the power
I have a system of differential equations which contain a singular point. To avoid the singular point, I am expanding the coefficients and solutions in a power series around that point.
Due to the ...
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Can the Assuming function be used with ContourPlot or DensityPlot?
I'm new to Mathematica, and for most purposes the program has served me well and been straightforward. However, I'm hitting a snag while trying to create a contour plot for the distribution function
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Linearity Assumption [duplicate]
I'd like to define a set of variables of this sort:
{K1[t],K2[t],...}
Adding a general assumption: all such variables are linear.
I'd like to do this to avoid ...
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List vs. && in Assumptions
When one gives values to the $Assumptions variable, it seems to not matter whether you separate the conditions with && or just give is a list of the ...
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Reevaluating an expression when Assumptions have changed
Is there a way to make this work?
THM = TensorDimensions[M];
Assuming[ Element[M, Vectors[n]],
THM
]
Which gives:
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Not getting a solution to my maximization problem
I want to solve the following problem:
For $0.5<q<1$, $q<r<1$, $0\leq n$, $0\leq n_1<=\lfloor{n/2}\rfloor$, and $n_1,n\in\mathbb{N}$
calculate $\arg max_{n_1} S(q,r,n,n_1) $ as a ...
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Mathematica stuck at running symbolic multidimensional Fourier Transform
I'm trying to compute the analytical FT of a bidimensional exponential decay as follows:
$f_E(\vec{x}) = \exp \left( - \sqrt{ (\vec{x} - \vec{\mu})^T \Sigma^{-1} (\vec{x} - \vec{\mu}) } \right)$
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Simplifying polynomial Roots with assumptions
I have acquired the following root from a minimization problem:
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I assume that a parameter is real and positive, but Mathematica still assigns a phase to it
If I run this line of code
Assuming[{Element[a, Reals], a > 0}, TrigToExp[ComplexExpand[Sqrt[a]]]]
I get
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Choose a branch cut using assumptions
I understand Sqrt function won't simplify expressions such as $\sqrt{x^2}$ unless there is an assumption that $x \in \mathbb{R}$. In my computation, I get an output containing an expression like this ...
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Why is the function assuming not taken in consideration?
In the following code, I assume that my variables are strictly positive. However, mathematica doesn't take this in consideration when it evaluates the If : the If is still in a non simplified form.
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Fullsimplify with two Diracdelta functions
I am having a problem with the FullSimplify and DiracDelta functions. When I run the following line in mathmatica:
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Hidden limitation of Assumptions (Is $x^2 < 0$ contradictory)?
Is there a limitation of Assuming that I am not aware of? I would like to assume that the square of a number is negative:
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Sums of binomial expressions returns different and sometimes indeterminate expressions
A problem that I encountered multiple times when taking sums over expressions involving binomials, factorials, etc. is that Mathematica (version 11.2) returns indeterminate expressions when it should ...
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Positive integers instead of integers ($\mathbb{Z}$) in assumption
I can use Integers to represent integers.
How to represent positive integers?
I can define ...
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ConditionalExpression still resulting from Assuming a Module's local variables
I have a memoizing, recursive function whose MWE looks like this (the two fake inputs/ICs are from 'K' and 'Bfun2', the latter just a quick way to check the results coming out of the Residue.:
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Global assumptions
in the following code I evaluate a determinant of a matrix and then solve for one variable (kx). I get three solutions, but the solution kx=0 is in my opinion wrong. This one can see when one plugs kx=...
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Solving for positive square root of an equation, using assumptions
Is there a way to get the positive square root, while solving an equation. So far, this is what I am doing :
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Integrate under assumptions
I am trying to solve the following integral:
$$\int_0^\infty u^{\sigma-1} \exp\left[-c u^\sigma\right] \mathrm{d}u$$
under the assumptions $\sigma \in (0,1)$ and $c>0$.
I know the result is
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