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Re: TagSet and Unprotect

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  • Subject: [mg77614] Re: TagSet and Unprotect
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <f4omjv$7l3$1@smc.vnet.net>

Hi,

yes, you can't set an UpValue[] for a protected function

Try
Blub[x_?NumericQ] := "Ach"

Protect[Blub]

and

Blub /: x_Blub + y_Blub := "Oh je!"

Regards
   Jens


dimitris wrote:
> Following a idea by Raymond Manzoni
> let me prove that
> 
> - PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4]=Pi^2/6 - (3*Log[2]^2)/2
> 
> Indeed
> 
> Off[N::meprec] (*turn off a message*)
> PolyLog[2, z/(z + 1)] + PolyLog[2, z/(z - 1)] - (1/2)*PolyLog[2, z^2/
> (z^2 - 1)] + (1/4)*Log[(1 + z)/(1 - z)]^2 == 0
> (*an identity of dilogarithms*)
> (FunctionExpand[Expand[2*#1]] & ) /@ (% /. z -> -3^(-1)) (*Mathematica does
> the rest*)
> Reverse[(Plus @@ Cases[%, (a_)*PolyLog[x_, y_], Infinity] - #1 & ) /@
> %]
> 
> (1/4)*Log[(1 + z)/(1 - z)]^2 + PolyLog[2, z/(-1 + z)] + PolyLog[2, z/
> (1 + z)] - (1/2)*PolyLog[2, z^2/(-1 + z^2)] == 0
> 
> -(Pi^2/6) + (3*Log[2]^2)/2 - PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4] ==
> 0
> 
> -PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4] == Pi^2/6 - (3*Log[2]^2)/2
> 
> I try to add this result to Plus, so that
> in the following to have additional substitution.
> 
> rul1 = {PolyLog[2, z_] /; z < -3 -> -PolyLog[2, 1/z] - Pi^2/6 -
> (1/2)*Log[-z]^2,
>     PolyLog[2, z_] -> PolyLog[2, 1/(1 - z)] - Pi^2/6 + (1/2)*Log[1 -
> z]*Log[(1 - z)/z^2]};
> o = Expand[3*PolyLog[2, -3] + PolyLog[2, -8] /. rul1]
> 
> -((2*Pi^2)/3) - (3/2)*Log[9/4]*Log[4] - Log[8]^2/2 - PolyLog[2, -
> (1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4]
> 
> That is, I want Mathematica to substitute - PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] +
> 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4]
> by Pi^2/6 - (3*Log[2]^2)/2 in the expression o.
> 
> In the beggining I tried:
> 
> Unprotect[PolyLog];
> PolyLog /: -PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4] = Pi^2/6 -
> (3*Log[2]^2)/2
> 
> TagSet::tagpos : Tag PolyLog in -PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2,
> 1/4] is \
> too deep for an assigned rule to be found.
> Pi^2/6 - (3*Log[2]^2)/2
> 
> I understood the presence of this message.
> That's why I try to assign this equality to Plus.
> 
> Unprotect[Plus];
> Plus /: -PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4] = Pi^2/6 -
> (3*Log[2]^2)/2
> TagSet::write: Tag Plus in-PolyLog[2, -(1/8)] + 3*PolyLog[2, 1/4] is
> Protected
> 
> Now I don't understand the presence of this message.
> I can't assign an UpValue to a built in function?
> 
> Can somebody explain me what is going on?
> And how I must work in order to overcome the problem?
> 
> Thanks
> Dimitris
> 
> 


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