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Re: Setting "attributes" for variables?

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• Subject: [mg94370] Re: Setting "attributes" for variables?
• From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:46:11 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• References: <gho34v$2a$1@smc.vnet.net>

Julian wrote:

<snip>

>  One notable instance is in the units
> package.  I constantly get results like Sqrt[Second^2] when clearly
> that result is simply Second.  Is there any way to fix this?  I'm
> using version 6, by the way.

The following thread, "Calculating with Units", is worth reading:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/thread/ce0feb342ef1e73/f345156f2950e246?lnk=gst&q=Calculating+with+Units#f345156f2950e246

http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2008/Dec/msg00008.html

Regards,
-- Jean-Marc

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