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Non-commutative symbolic multiplication in Calc
From: |
Neon Absentius |
Subject: |
Non-commutative symbolic multiplication in Calc |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 02:33:38 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.1i |
Sorry if this is not the right list for this question.
Is there a way to suspend some of the automatic simplifications that
calc performs? In particular I am interested in suspending the
assumption that multiplication is commutative. This would allow for
symbolic calculations with entities that are not necessarily numbers
or elements of some vector space.
Thanks
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