Re: [math-fun] For a mild surprise, try

Displays blank page on my iMac, under Firefox and Chrome browsers. Anybody else having difficulty? I'm not going to bother trying this in Maple, after digesting

simplify( 1/(1 - sqrt(5)) );

-2/(5^(1/2)-1) WFL On 2/24/19, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

https://lab.open.wolframcloud.com/objects/wpl/GetStarted.nb Overpaste the 2+2 with (-1 + 2^(1/3))^(1/6) Sqrt[1 + 2^(1/3)] Shift Enter (shift+return)

On the next line type FullSimplify@% (shift+return)

Optionally, type TraditionalForm[%%==%] (shift+return) —rwg _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun