On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK, that was a bad example.  I tried to come up with an example that
> demonstrated all the ways that constants could simplify, but as a
> result, I made something that can't really be simplified.
>
> The example in the issue has C1**3 and C1**6.  Clearly, this should be
> simplified to C1 and C1**2.  We could also do things like pull out
> common factors, like 4*C1, 6*C1 => 2*C1, 3*C1.  And I guess sometimes
> removing terms from an Add can be beneficial, like C1 + 1, C1 + 2 =>
> C1, C1 + 1.
>
>
Yes: all the Adds can be put together and the smallest additive constant
removed; all powers (including bare symbols) can be put together and the
lowers power greater than 1 removed.

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