diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b628f8003..c93004146 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ bin
 target
 /build
 /lib
-/site-content
+site-content
 .ekstazi
 *.class
 *.iml
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/MathArrays.java b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/MathArrays.java
index 0c77bf2c1..ba7262357 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/MathArrays.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/MathArrays.java
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ public final class MathArrays {
      */
     public static boolean equals(float[] x, float[] y) {
         if (x == null || y == null) {
-            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
+            return (x == null) == (y == null);
         }
         if (x.length != y.length) {
             return false;
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ public final class MathArrays {
      */
     public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(float[] x, float[] y) {
         if (x == null || y == null) {
-            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
+            return (x == null) == (y == null);
         }
         if (x.length != y.length) {
             return false;
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public final class MathArrays {
      */
     public static boolean equals(double[] x, double[] y) {
         if (x == null || y == null) {
-            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
+            return (x == null) == (y == null);
         }
         if (x.length != y.length) {
             return false;
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ public final class MathArrays {
      */
     public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(double[] x, double[] y) {
         if (x == null || y == null) {
-            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
+            return (x == null) == (y == null);
         }
         if (x.length != y.length) {
             return false;
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/Dfp.java b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/Dfp.java
index ceffa21ae..41f15c911 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/Dfp.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/Dfp.java
@@ -2351,10 +2351,7 @@ public class Dfp implements RealFieldElement<Dfp> {
         }
 
         // if this is greater than x
-        boolean up = false;
-        if (this.lessThan(x)) {
-            up = true;
-        }
+        boolean up = this.lessThan(x);
 
         if (compare(this, x) == 0) {
             return newInstance(x);
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/DfpMath.java b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/DfpMath.java
index f831603d5..4503fb02f 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/DfpMath.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/core/dfp/DfpMath.java
@@ -941,11 +941,7 @@ public final class DfpMath {
      */
     public static Dfp acos(Dfp a) {
         Dfp result;
-        boolean negative = false;
-
-        if (a.lessThan(a.getZero())) {
-            negative = true;
-        }
+        boolean negative = a.lessThan(a.getZero());
 
         a = Dfp.copySign(a, a.getOne());  // absolute value
 
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.java
index dd382dddb..d9884c8a3 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunction.java
@@ -371,10 +371,7 @@ public class PolynomialFunction implements UnivariateDifferentiableFunction, Ser
             return false;
         }
         PolynomialFunction other = (PolynomialFunction) obj;
-        if (!Arrays.equals(coefficients, other.coefficients)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
+        return Arrays.equals(coefficients, other.coefficients);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/fitting/SimpleCurveFitter.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/fitting/SimpleCurveFitter.java
index 671150d3b..012c913ef 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/fitting/SimpleCurveFitter.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/fitting/SimpleCurveFitter.java
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@ public class SimpleCurveFitter extends AbstractCurveFitter {
                     if (comp != 0) {
                         return comp;
                     }
-                    comp = Double.compare(p1.getWeight(), p2.getWeight());
-                    if (comp != 0) {
-                        return comp;
-                    }
-                    return 0;
+                    return Double.compare(p1.getWeight(), p2.getWeight());
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/EventState.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/EventState.java
index 832067abd..eeec951c8 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/EventState.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/EventState.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public class EventState {
             // force the sign to its value "just after the event"
             previousEventTime = t;
             g0Positive        = increasing;
-            nextAction        = handler.eventOccurred(t, y, !(increasing ^ forward));
+            nextAction        = handler.eventOccurred(t, y, increasing == forward);
         } else {
             g0Positive = g0 >= 0;
             nextAction = EventHandler.Action.CONTINUE;
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/FieldEventState.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/FieldEventState.java
index 3bf39e7a7..e91bacc36 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/FieldEventState.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/ode/events/FieldEventState.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class FieldEventState<T extends RealFieldElement<T>> {
             // force the sign to its value "just after the event"
             previousEventTime = state.getTime();
             g0Positive        = increasing;
-            nextAction        = handler.eventOccurred(state, !(increasing ^ forward));
+            nextAction        = handler.eventOccurred(state, increasing == forward);
         } else {
             g0Positive = g0.getReal() >= 0;
             nextAction = Action.CONTINUE;
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/linear/SolutionCallback.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/linear/SolutionCallback.java
index 4d2b542cd..cdccdbd2b 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/linear/SolutionCallback.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/linear/SolutionCallback.java
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ public class SolutionCallback implements OptimizationData {
      * @return {@code true} if the solution is optimal, {@code false} otherwise
      */
     public boolean isSolutionOptimal() {
-        return tableau != null ? tableau.isOptimal() : false;
+        return tableau != null && tableau.isOptimal();
     }
 }
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/nonlinear/scalar/noderiv/CMAESOptimizer.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/nonlinear/scalar/noderiv/CMAESOptimizer.java
index 38f791927..cfee773f9 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/nonlinear/scalar/noderiv/CMAESOptimizer.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/optim/nonlinear/scalar/noderiv/CMAESOptimizer.java
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ public class CMAESOptimizer
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
             long bits = Double.doubleToLongBits(value);
-            return (int) ((1438542 ^ (bits >>> 32) ^ bits) & 0xffffffff);
+            return (int) ((1438542 ^ (bits >>> 32) ^ bits));
         }
     }
     /**
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/Frequency.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/Frequency.java
index 5b9f51002..e79858bbe 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/Frequency.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/Frequency.java
@@ -376,14 +376,7 @@ public class Frequency<T extends Comparable<T>> implements Serializable {
             return false;
         }
         Frequency<?> other = (Frequency<?>) obj;
-        if (freqTable == null) {
-            if (other.freqTable != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else if (!freqTable.equals(other.freqTable)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
+        return freqTable.equals(other.freqTable);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialCovariance.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialCovariance.java
index dfa0d716b..c8b5b5aa6 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialCovariance.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialCovariance.java
@@ -148,10 +148,7 @@ public class VectorialCovariance implements Serializable {
         if (!Arrays.equals(productsSums, other.productsSums)) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (!Arrays.equals(sums, other.sums)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
+        return Arrays.equals(sums, other.sums);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialMean.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialMean.java
index d00b49a78..ade4be441 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialMean.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/moment/VectorialMean.java
@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ public class VectorialMean implements Serializable {
             return false;
         }
         VectorialMean other = (VectorialMean) obj;
-        if (!Arrays.equals(means, other.means)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
+        return Arrays.equals(means, other.means);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentile.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentile.java
index 603da7614..ed064a996 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentile.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentile.java
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ public class PSquarePercentile extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
          */
         @Override
         public boolean add(final E e) {
-            return size() < capacity ? super.add(e) : false;
+            return size() < capacity && super.add(e);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ public class PSquarePercentile extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
             boolean isCollectionLess =
                     collection != null &&
                             collection.size() + size() <= capacity;
-            return isCollectionLess ? super.addAll(collection) : false;
+            return isCollectionLess && super.addAll(collection);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/inference/KolmogorovSmirnovTest.java b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/inference/KolmogorovSmirnovTest.java
index 14ccc1a8b..44cb2c607 100644
--- a/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/inference/KolmogorovSmirnovTest.java
+++ b/commons-math-legacy/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/legacy/stat/inference/KolmogorovSmirnovTest.java
@@ -1132,11 +1132,7 @@ public class KolmogorovSmirnovTest {
            throw new InsufficientDataException();
        }
 
-       if (values.length == x.length + y.length) {
-           return false;  // There are no ties.
-       }
-
-       return true;
+        return values.length != x.length + y.length;  // There are no ties.
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 282151296..04714991c 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ with a new-line in the release notes. (These spaces are ignored when displaying
 If the output is not quite correct, check for invisible trailing spaces!
 -->
 
-<document>
+<document xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/changes/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/changes/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/changes-1.0.0.xsd">
   <properties>
     <title>Apache Commons Math Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ Caveat:
  nightmare was one of the main reasons for creating more focused
  components.]
 ">
+      <action dev="aherbert" due-to="Arturo Bernal" type="update" issue="MATH-1572">
+        Simplify conditional expressions.
+      </action>
       <action dev="erans" type="update" issue="MATH-1616">
         Refactor "EmpiricalDistribution" class (in package "o.a.c.m.legacy.distribution").
       </action>