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GargleBlast42
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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering why Mathematica (8.0) can't bring this to the obvious form -1, and leaves the expression as is:
Is there any nice and elegant way how to achieve that?
(I know, that I could take e.g. /.c->(-a^8-b^8)^(1/4), but I'd like Mathematica to do it just by using the equation).
I'm wondering why Mathematica (8.0) can't bring this to the obvious form -1, and leaves the expression as is:
Code:
Simplify[(b^8 + c^4) /a^8, a^8 + b^8 + c^4 == 0]
(I know, that I could take e.g. /.c->(-a^8-b^8)^(1/4), but I'd like Mathematica to do it just by using the equation).