Use of simplify and assume in deriving Equation 1.4-9
> restart; > ubar:=sqrt(8*K*T/(Pi*m)); Eq. 1.4-1 > lambda:=1/(sqrt(2)*Pi*d^2*n); Eq. 1.4-3 > mu:=(1/3)*rho*ubar*lambda; Left part of Eq. 1.4-8 > n:=rho/m; Right part of Eq. 1.4-8 > simplify(mu); Getting something close to 1.4-9. It does not combine the expressions involving m since it does not know that m is real and positive. We can get Maple to do that using assume. > ?assume > assume(m>0); > simplify(mu); This looks almost exactly like eq. 1.4-9.
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