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Question: How do I distribute exponents?

Question:How do I distribute exponents?

BiomedFred 25 Maple 14
exponent power
January 09 2018
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As part of the class I am teaching in biofluid mechanics, the students are learning about the Buckingham Pi theory for finding dimensionless groups (pi-groups).  The process involves the dimensions of parameters in terms of their basic units of measure: mass, M, length, L, and time, T.  Fore example, fluid density is M/L3 .  A typical step is to represent a product of parameters in terms of these measures raised to exponents.  Here is an example

(M/LT)a(M/L3)b(L2)c

where the exponents a,b,c are to be determined. What command(s) will massage this form to look like

Ma+b  L2c-3b-a T-a  ?

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