CAS: simplify terms seperately?

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(09-09-2018 06:43 PM)parisse Wrote:  Sorry, but "standard form" is not very descriptive.
Is it something like lin(normal(...)) ?

I think defining "standard form" that meets most cases will take some work, and at least a list of examples. (It might be possible to do everything in xcas programming language, possibly iterating over terms using the Q[a,b,c] notation, or maybe just using lin() and the like.)

In my particular instance, lin(normal(...)) matches the textbook -- thanks!. I will play around with other equations later today.

It might also be that someone (me?) writes a guide to getting xcas results into "standard form" for EE etc., and that everything is there already.