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Forcing numbers to be real.

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• Subject: [mg29069] Forcing numbers to be real.
• From: David Kirkby <REMOOVE_THIS_drkirkby at AND_THIS_ntlworld.com>
• Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 21:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
	I've not used Mathematica much, but I know there is a way documented of
forcing Mathematica to consider a number to be real, so having an
imaginary part of 0. Can anyone tell me how to do it - I can't seem to
find it in the docs, although I know it is there somewhere. 

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