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simplify("(x^2)^0.5") should be "abs(x)"

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#3,329 创建于 2024年11月29日

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While there are genuine use cases when returning "x" would be better (that's what most humans would expect), strictly speaking it is incorrect.

To reproduce in the mathnotepad:

derivative("(x^2)^0.5", "x").evaluate({x:-3})
    1

derivative("(x^2)^0.5", "x", {simplify:false}).evaluate({x:-3})
    -1

Here I evaluate the same derivative at the same point x=-3 but get two different results. Same problem for x^4 and I assume all other even powers.

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