Re: [Axiom-mail] A pattern matching question

[Themos Tsikas]

--try this in an input file

tt:=operator 'tt
ttrules := rule
  tt(n^(a | integer?(a))) == t/a
  tt(n/(n-1)) == 1/t
  tt(n/(n^a+(X | integer?(a) and (n-1)^a = n^a +X))) == 1/t^a

ttrules tt(n^6)
ttrules tt(n/(n-1))
ttrules tt(n/(n-1)^2)
ttrules tt(n/(n-1)^30)

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