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Re: managing order of magnitude instead of numbers

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  • Subject: [mg56692] Re: managing order of magnitude instead of numbers
  • From: pavlyk at gmail.com
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 00:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <d57gvv$p8a$1@smc.vnet.net>
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Format[OrdMagn[n_?NumberQ]]:=o[n]

OrdMagn /: HoldPattern[Times[a___,c_OrdMagn,b___]]:= Module[{al},
    al=DeleteCases[{a,c,b},x_/;FreeQ[x,OrdMagn]];
    OrdMagn[Total[al/.{OrdMagn[n_] :> n}]]
    ]

OrdMagn /: HoldPattern[Plus[a___,c_OrdMagn, b___]]:=Module[{al},
    al=DeleteCases[{a,c,b},x_/;FreeQ[x,OrdMagn]];
    OrdMagn[Max[al/.{OrdMagn[n_] :> n}]]
    ]

OrdMagn /: HoldPattern[Power[OrdMagn[n_], p_?NumberQ]] := OrdMagn[p*n]


Then,

In[6]:=
OrdMagn[1]-OrdMagn[1]

Out[6]=
o[1]

Play around with it and modify accorng to your needs.

Sasha


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