Re: Question about Hold
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- Subject: [mg48826] Re: Question about Hold
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 02:12:48 -0400 (EDT)
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You could try the following ( I asssume C is a c-number and not an operator): OpProd[x___, A, B, y___] := OpProd[x, B, A, y] + C OpProd[x, y]; OpProd[A, B] then evaluates to C OpProd[] + OpProd[B, A] OpProd[A, A, B] then evaluates to 2 C OpProd[A] + OpProd[B, A, A] There are lots of variations on this sort of approach. The basic trick this depends on is using OpProd[<list of operators in the product>] to hide from Mathematica the fact that you have a "product" of operators, so you can then get on with defining your own private set of rules for simplifying OpProd (as above, for example). Steve Luttrell "Daohua Song" <ds2081 at columbia.edu> wrote in message news:carjrn$r76$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi,evryone, > I define a commute relation for quantum operators,i fact i learn this > from the forum.Here is the problem. > Commute[A,B]=C. > Commute[A^2,B], i try to use Hold[A*A] instead of A^2, then mathematica > even won't evaluate it.! > Any suggestion to work on the power commutation? > Thanks > Daohua >
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