Question: Inexplicable FALSE return


Q[1] := (e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-(n+1)*T*s)+(-exp(-Z[1]*n*T)*(s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))+exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2])))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+2*exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))/((s-Z[1])*exp(Z[1]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/((s-Z[2])*exp(Z[2]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c); 1; Q[2] := ((s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))*exp(-Z[1]*n*T)/(Z[2]-Z[1])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))/((s-Z[1])*exp(Z[1]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/((s-Z[2])*exp(Z[2]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-(n+1)*T*s))/c

((s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))*exp(-Z[1]*n*T)/(Z[2]-Z[1])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))/((s-Z[1])*exp(Z[1]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/((s-Z[2])*exp(Z[2]*n*T)*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-(n+1)*T*s))/c

(1)

Q[1] = Q[2]"(->)"true"(->)"true"(->)"true"(->)"true

Q[2] = ((s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))*exp(-Z[1]*n*T)/(Z[2]-Z[1])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[1])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[2])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-T*s)*e^(-n*T*s))/c
"(->)"true
Q[2] = ((s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))*exp(-Z[1]*n*T)/(Z[2]-Z[1])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+(exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[1])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[2])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-T*s)*e^(-n*T*s))/c
"(->)"true"(->)"true``

((s-Z[1])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[1]))*exp(-Z[1]*n*T)/(Z[2]-Z[1])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c+(exp(-Z[2]*n*T)*(s-Z[2])*exp(-n*T*(s-Z[2]))/(Z[1]-Z[2])+exp(-n*T*s)*(-1+Heaviside(-n*T)))/c = (2*Heaviside(-n*T)-1)*exp(-n*T*s)/c
"(->)"true"(->)"true"(->)"true

Q[2] = (2*Heaviside(-n*T)-1)*exp(-n*T*s)/c+Z[1]*Z[2]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[1])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)-Z[2]*Z[1]*exp(-n*T*s)/((s-Z[2])*(Z[1]-Z[2])*c)+(e^(-n*T*s)-e^(-T*s)*e^(-n*T*s))/c
"(->)"false"(->)"false"(->)"false

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Can anyone explain the false return on the last line?  MAPLE seems to recognize the simplified expression on the next to last line, but when substituted into the expression for Q2 MAPLE does not seem to recognize the simplification.

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