Mathematica Asked on December 25, 2020
I have an expression like this
-t^-b + (t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k)))^-b
I would like to transform it to get
t^-b (-1 + ((1 - t^(1/8 (-4 + 1/k))))^-b)
In particular, I want the term t^(1/8 (-4 + 1/k))
to appear. How can I do this without copying and modifying the equation by hand?
Update: Using
Factor[-t^-b + (t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k)))^-b]
gives
t^-b (t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k)))^-b (t^b - (t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k)))^b)
But how can I take out a factor of t
from t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k))
?
Let us introduce a function factor
that will be able to factorize the expression taking out a desired multiplicand:
factor[expr_, fact_, fun1_ : Expand, fun2_ : Identity] :=
Module[{a = fact, b = expr/fact},fun2[Evaluate[a]]*fun1[Evaluate[b]]]
This is the expression:
expr = -t^-b + (t - t^(1/2 + 1/(8 k)))^-b;
By applying the function factor
as follows
factor[expr, t^-b, Simplify[#, t > 0] &]
one finds the desired result.
Have fun!
Correct answer by Alexei Boulbitch on December 25, 2020
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