Quite simple code
syms a bassume(a,'real');assume(b,'real');simplify((-1)^a*(b-1)^a)
The answer is obviously (1-b)^a, but Matlab does not simplify it? Why? How to make it work?
Thank you!
symbolic
syms a bassume(a,'real');assume(b,'real');simplify((-1)^a*(b-1)^a)
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