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Re: Complex Conjugation

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• Subject: [mg12815] Re: Complex Conjugation
• From: Leszek Sczaniecki <lsczan at concentric.net>
• Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 04:05:45 -0400
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Kieran Mullen wrote:

>   I *know*  I've seen this done somewhere.  But I can't find it in
> DejaNews, or my references.
>
>   I want a simple complex conjugation function that simply maps
>
>    I /. ->  -I
>

This will work:I /. Complex[0,1]->-Complex[0,1]

Leszek

> everywhere.  (The Mathematica Conjugate function often gets confused.)
> But I can't
> make the substitution because the imaginary constant, I, is Locked.
> What's the right way?
>
>         Thanks!
>
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