Re: maple question

On Apr 22, 2:14 pm, "G. A. Edgar" <e...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Given, for example,

x =
((P^2+P*(P^2-4)^(1/2)-4)^(1/2)
-(P*(P^2-4)^(1/2)-P^2+4)^(1/2))
/(P^2-4)^(3/4);

how do I get Maple to find the polynomial (integer coefficients,
variables P and x) that is satisfied?

Here, x^8*P^4-8*x^4*P^2-8*x^8*P^2+16*x^8-32*x^4+16 = 0

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G. A. Edgar http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/

The answer is contained in the reply to your preceding post
(using Groebner basis).

Mate

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