Re: Hold and Equal
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- Subject: [mg73809] [mg73809] Re: Hold and Equal
- From: "dimitris" <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 06:03:25 -0500 (EST)
- References: <erufqm$s7j$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hello again Murray. Searching a little in the archives I found a thread which may be (???) interesting for you! http://groups.google.gr/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/= thread/af1d5be49c035da7/39f11052231954e6?lnk=gst&q=&rnum=4&hl=el#39= f11052231954e6 Regards Dimitris =CF/=C7 Murray Eisenberg =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5: > How can I produce in an Output cell (under program control) an > expression like the following, > > (a+b)^2 = a^2+ 2 a b + b^2 > > where instead of the usual Equal (==) I get a Set (=), as in tradit= ional > math notation? I want to input the unexpanded (a+b)^2 and have the > expansion done automatically. > > Of course, I can try something like the following: > > (a+b)^2 == Expand[(a+b)^2]) > > So how do I convert the == to =? Of course > > ((a + b)^2 == Expand[(a + b)^2]) /. Equal -> Set > > gives a Set::write error. And > > (Hold[(a + b)^2 == Expand[(a + b)^2]]) /. Equal -> Set > > doesn't actually evaluate the Expand part and leaves the "Hold" wrapper. > > > > > -- > Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) > 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > Amherst, MA 01003-9305