Hi Roland, Would this help?
sage: var ('a b x1 x2 y1 y2') (a, b, x1, x2, y1, y2) sage: expression = (a*x1^2 + b*x2^2)*y1 + b*y2^2 sage: expression.subs_expr((a*x1^2 + b*x2^2) == 0) b*y2^2 Stan Rolandb wrote: > Hi, > How to simplify an expression if you have some known relations > (equalities)? Example: > > relation: 0 = a*x1^2 + b*x2^2 > expression = (a*x1^2 + b*x2^2)*y1+b*y2^3 > > Given the relation, the expression could be simplified to b*y2^2. But > how in Sage? > Tnx in advance. Rolandb > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---