simplify.edist: Method for simplifying an 'edist' object.

In queelius/algebraic.dist: Algebra over distribution (random elements) objects

Method for simplifying an edist object.

Description

This is a complicated function that walks the expression tree and tries to simplify it. Since sometimes a simplification made at some level of the expression tree can lead to a simplification at a higher level of the expression tree, we need to walk the expression tree from the bottom up.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'edist'
simplify(x, ...)

Arguments

x	The edist object to simplify
...	Additional arguments to pass (not used)

Details

Also, since some simplifications can lead to a change in the class of the distribution, we need to be careful to update the class of the distribution as we simplify it.

Finally, the simplifications we initially choose to do can prevent us from doing other simplifications that may ultimately be more beneficial. So, we need to try all valid simplifications, creating new edist objects for each simplification, and then choose the one that is the most simplified.

Value

The simplified object

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