Re: Matrices with square brackets
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- Subject: [mg102601] Re: [mg102578] Matrices with square brackets
- From: George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:41:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Use TraditionalForm[]. You can use // TraditionalForm as a postfix. This will also render Sin[x] as sin(x) etc. You can also set an option to show all output in Traditional form. The right bracket for these cells are shown with a dashed line (on my system at least). I have seen some authors use TraditionalForm exclusively for output. I prefer to operate mostly of the time with StandardForm[], which is less ambiguous and which is easier to turn back into InputForm. george On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:33 AM, cca at gregosetroianos.mat.br wrote: > According to MathWorld, "in the general literature, they [matrices] > are > more commonly delimited using parentheses". Anyway, from time to > time I am > asked about how to use matrices with square brackets in Mathematica. > It > happened again some days ago. It is an embarassing situation. As > always, I > sent a solution using $PreRead, $PrePrint and box manipulation. But > due to > its complexity and unnaturalness for a beginner (or even to a "power > user"), I now think that we should have a better, easier and more > robust > way to do this (maybe as an option to MatrixForm). > > Carlos C=E9sar de Ara=FAjo > Gregos & Troianos Educacional > www.gregosetroianos.mat.br > Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil > (31) 3283-1122 >
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- Matrices with square brackets