Alternatives :
sage: var("a, b, c") (a, b, c) sage: f=1/(a-b)+2/(b-c)+3/(c-a) sage: g=f*(a-b)*(b-c)*(c-a) sage: f 1/(a - b) - 3/(a - c) + 2/(b - c) sage: f.factor() (2*a^2 - 4*a*b + 3*b^2 - 2*b*c + c^2)/((a - b)*(a - c)*(b - c)) sage: g -(a - b)*(a - c)*(b - c)*(1/(a - b) - 3/(a - c) + 2/(b - c)) sage: g.expand() -a^2*b/(a - b) + 3*a^2*b/(a - c) - 2*a^2*b/(b - c) + a*b^2/(a - b) - 3*a*b^2/(a - c) + 2*a*b^2/(b - c) + a^2*c/(a - b) - 3*a^2*c/(a - c) + 2*a^2*c/(b - c) - b^2*c/(a - b) + 3*b^2*c/(a - c) - 2*b^2*c/(b - c) - a*c^2/(a - b) + 3*a*c^2/(a - c) - 2*a*c^2/(b - c) + b*c^2/(a - b) - 3*b*c^2/(a - c) + 2*b*c^2/(b - c) sage: g.expand().factor() -2*a^2 + 4*a*b - 3*b^2 + 2*b*c - c^2 And, indeed : sage: R1.<t, u, v>=QQ[] sage: fp = FractionField(R1)(f.subs(dict(zip((a,b,c),(t,u,v))))).numerator() ; fp 2*t^2 - 4*t*u + 3*u^2 - 2*u*v + v^2 sage: SR(fp).subs(dict(zip((t,u,v), (a,b,c)))) 2*a^2 - 4*a*b + 3*b^2 - 2*b*c + c^2 HTH, Le vendredi 26 novembre 2021 à 20:25:08 UTC+1, dim...@gmail.com a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 7:19 PM Ricardo Fodra <ricard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So I tried to do: > > > > var('a b c') > > f = 1/(a-b) + 2/(b-c) + 3/(c-a) > > # get rid of the denominators > > g = f*(a-b)*(b-c)*(c-a) > > g.expand() > > > > And I was hoping to get something like: > > > > -a*b + a*c + b*c - c^2 - 2*a - 2*b - c > > > > and instead I got: > > > > -a^2*b/(a - b) + 3*a^2*b/(a - c) - 2*a^2*b/(b - c) + a*b^2/(a - b) - > 3*a*b^2/(a - c) + 2*a*b^2/(b - c) + a^2*c/(a - b) - 3*a^2*c/(a - c) + > 2*a^2*c/(b - c) - b^2*c/(a - b) + 3*b^2*c/(a - c) - 2*b^2*c/(b - c) - > a*c^2/(a - b) + 3*a*c^2/(a - c) - 2*a*c^2/(b - c) + b*c^2/(a - b) - > 3*b*c^2/(a - c) + 2*b*c^2/(b - c) > > > > Are those equivalent? Am I doing something wrong? > > do the following: > > sage: g.simplify_rational() > -2*a^2 + 4*a*b - 3*b^2 + 2*b*c - c^2 > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "sage-support" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to sage-support...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/5d5f136d-637b-4dd9-9c9b-eb00b7609401n%40googlegroups.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/c1edfa06-311f-458f-818b-e0e3fd3eed76n%40googlegroups.com.