[Maxima-bugs] [ maxima-Bugs-1853121 ] 2/sqrt(2) doesn't simplify!

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Bugs item #1853121, was opened at 2007-12-18 10:41
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Category: Lisp Core - Simplification
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 8
Private: No
Submitted By: Stavros Macrakis (macrakis)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 2/sqrt(2) doesn't simplify!

Initial Comment:
2/sqrt(2) remains unsimplified; it should be sqrt(2).

Similarly for other numbers: 5/sqrt(5) etc.

There does not seem to be any straightforward way to simplify this:

rat(2/sqrt(2)) = radcan(2/sqrt(2))


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