30 Jan 13, 05:40AM
(29 Jan 13, 08:16PM)GDM Wrote:
(29 Jan 13, 02:41AM)Habluka Wrote:(29 Jan 13, 12:56AM)#M|A#Wolf Wrote: Whoever simplifies this equation. . .It looks perfectly fine to me. Why simplify it?
Because, if you are working out a computation with this element in it, a^mn is probably easier to work with.
I don't know, I always find it easier to make it look nicer by defining new variables. Of course this is coming from getting angry in high school classes where the the teachers were complete fascists about having answers simplified, which will only lead to more problems if you do it by hand.