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replacement - Why does using ReplaceAll twice produce a different result?


Why does this:


Solve[a x^4 + b x^3 + c x^2 + d x + e == 0,  x] /.
{2 c^3 - 9 b c d + 27 a d^2 + 27 b^2 e - 72 a c e -> F}

produce a different result from this?


Solve[a x^4 + b x^3 + c x^2 + d x + e == 0,  x] /.
{2 c^3 - 9 b c d + 27 a d^2 + 27 b^2 e - 72 a c e -> F} /.
{2 c^3 - 9 b c d + 27 a d^2 + 27 b^2 e - 72 a c e -> F}



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