[Maxima] Simplifying complex expressions

[Stavros Macrakis]

On Jan 5, 2008 12:39 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> wrote:
Is there an easy way to get Maxima to say that (1-i)/(1+i) = i?

No, I'm afraid not. Perhaps because it is actually -i. :-)

Remember that Maxima represents sqrt(-1) as %i:

   rectform((1-%i)/(1+%i)) => -%i

Another way is:

   rat((1-%i)/(1+%i)), algebraic => -%i.

      -s
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