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Re: Preventing Times[x,x] from becoming Power[x,2]

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  • Subject: [mg53723] Re: Preventing Times[x,x] from becoming Power[x,2]
  • From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:03:20 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi,

F /: Times[a___, f_F, f_F, b___] := a*Hold[f*f]*b

Regards

  Jens

"Josef Karthauser" <joe at tao.org.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:csqs3u$1te$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>I was wondering whether anyone knows the answer to this one.
>
> I've got a function, let's call it F[...]. If I enter F[s] F[s]
> into mathematica it "simplifies" the resulting expression, making it
> become Power[F[s],2].  Is there any way to prevent this automatic
> simplification on F[] objects?
>
> Joe
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