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Re: Overriding Power

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg26841] Re: Overriding Power
• From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
• Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:13:20 -0500 (EST)
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"Jeff Hersh" <frumple*NOSPAM* at home.com> wrote in message
news:94m9e5$3nu at smc.vnet.net...
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a package that deals with non-communative multiplication
> and I have run into a problem with the Power function. As we know
> Power[a b,n] (where n is an integer) automatically gets converted to
> Power[a,n] Power[b,n]. However, with non-communative multiplication (I
> have removed the Orderless attribute from Times to make it
> non-communative) this isn't valid. Is there any way I can stop
> Mathematica from automatically doing this conversion?

Why not write your own function with its own rules and don't use Power[] or
"^", or (less desirable) redefine these symbols for your own purposes?

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Paul Lutus
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