Re: how to keep multiplication sign "*" ( Please)
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg97593] Re: how to keep multiplication sign "*" ( Please)
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:25:40 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gpil8l$571$1@smc.vnet.net>
Unprotect[Times]; Times /: MakeBoxes[Times[x_, y_], StandardForm] := RowBox[{MakeBoxes[x, StandardForm], MakeBoxes["*", StandardForm], MakeBoxes[y, StandardForm]}] Protect[Times]; Cheers -- Sjoerd On Mar 15, 12:28 pm, Volkan <visb... at gmail.com> wrote: > How can I keep the multiplication sign in a symbolic calculation > output such as: > > Sum[A[i][j] *B[i][j], {i, 1, 2}, {j, 1, 2}] > > gives > A[1][1] B[1][1] + A[1][2] B[1][2] + A[2][1] B[2][1] + A[2][2] B[2][2] > > but what I want is it should seem like > > A[1][1] *B[1][1] + A[1][2] *B[1][2] + A[2][1] *B[2][1] + A[2][2] *B[2] > [2] > > Is this possible? Please help about this... > > thanks