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Questions on manipulating complicated expressions and making them look simpler using Simplify, FullSimplify and Reduce.

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Why does Mathematica not simplify the Gudermannian function?

The Gudermannian function is built into Mathematica, but does not reduce to simpler terms in some simple cases. In particular, the Gudermannian is an odd function of real arguments but Mathematica doe …
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Why does Mathematica find a form for this general sum, but not for some special cases?

Today I found a Sum which Mathematica will simplify for a general parameter value $\nu$, but which will not simplify fully for special cases $\nu = 1, 3, ...$ despite the fact that the general answer …
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