Performance Tips

Performance Tips

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Various factors affect the simplicity and readability of the result and also, in some cases, the speed at which it is reached:

  • How clearly have you defined your problem? The fewer unknowns you use, the faster the calculation and the more likely that the resulting expression will be simple and clear.
  • How constrained is the problem? Fully constrained problems produce better results than underconstrained ones, because you control which unknowns are used.
  • Using intermediate variables makes expressions less likely to simplify, but more likely to produce a result.
  • For faster calculations, use lower settings of Intermediate Value Complexity.
  • Use assumptions for simpler results, if your expression has absolute values in it. But check the assumption to make sure its what you intend; if not, change the drawing to reflect your intention more accurately.