sqrt(1-x^2)/(2-2*x^2) --/--> 1/(2*sqrt(1-x^2))

The general simplifier does sqrt(1-x^2)/(1-x^2) --> 1/sqrt(1-x^2), but it doesn't
simplify sqrt(1-x^2)/(2-2*x^2) to 1/(2*sqrt(1-x^2)). Ratsimp, radcan, and rootscontract
don't do this simplification either. 

--Barton

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Re: references to methods, algorithms behind lsquares

On 1/31/12, gwpublic <at> wp.pl <gwpublic <at> wp.pl> wrote:

> For lsquares there are no such nice references:
> http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/en/maxima_65.html#SEC304
>
> I'd like to cite in my thesis to works behind lsquares, as I use it
> (to be more specific: lsquares_estimates , lsquares_mse ).

Well, lsquares_estimates tries to find an exact minimum of the
mean square error, via the Maxima function "solve".
If solve cannot find a solution, then lsquares_estimates tries
to find an approximate minimum, via the function "lbfgs",
which is an implementation of the LBFGS algorithm, which
is a limited-memory BFGS (quasi-Newton) algorithm.
"?? lbfgs" finds some info in the reference manual.

> One more issue : What's are best terms for lsquares ?
>
> I'd like to call it somehow, I am curious about recommendations for
> "terms" describing lqaures, like :
> Optimization Search Routine ?
> Optimisation in Symbolic Mathematics ?
> Data fitting of parametrised symbolic mathematics ?

I think it's what's commonly called "estimation" or
more specifically "least squares estimation".

best,

Robert Dodier

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Re: sqrt(1-x^2)/(2-2*x^2) --/--> 1/(2*sqrt(1-x^2))

Maxima calls inte to do integrate((sqrt(1-x^2)*(x^2+1))/(2-2*x^2),x,0,1). If I recall, 
inte is one of the last functions integrate tries. Some other method (not sure which one) 
handles integrate((x^2+1)/(2*sqrt(1-x^2)),x,0,1). 

integrate((sqrt(1-x^2)*(x^2+1))/(2-2*x^2),x,0,1) is in the testsuite.

--Barton

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Re: integrate bug

On 02/01/2012 12:04 PM, Aleksas Domarkas wrote:
> Integrate bug:
>
> (%i1) integrate(acos((x-1/2)/sqrt(1-x^2)), x, 0, 1/2);
> (%o1) -%pi/4
> (%i2) float(%), numer;
> (%o2) -0.78539816339745
>
> (%i3) quad_qags(acos((x-1/2)/sqrt(1-x^2)), x, 0, 1/2);
> (%o3) [0.9161228399914,1.0171006703434392*10^-14,21,0]

And:

(%i2) integrate (acos ((x-1/2)/sqrt (1-x^2)), x);
(%o2) -%pi*x/2

which is obviously wrong.

Jaime

simplification problem

Dear Maxima users

3^0.5/(2-3^0.5) - (2*3^0.5+3)/(4-3)

is simplified to

-2.664535259100376e-15

How can I simplify it to 0?