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Re: Forcing numbers to be real.

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• Subject: [mg29074] Re: Forcing numbers to be real.
• From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
• Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:04:41 -0400 (EDT)
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David,
Possiblies:
The standard package Algebra`ReIM`
Using the option Assumptions in functions like Integrate
Adding assumption in functions like Simplify, FullSimplify
The standard package Miscellaneous`RealOnly`

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"David Kirkby" <REMOOVE_THIS_drkirkby at AND_THIS_ntlworld.com> wrote in
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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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