Subject: Re: Rational[a,b] vs Rational[1,2]
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- Subject: [mg116720] Subject: Re: Rational[a,b] vs Rational[1,2]
- From: Jack L Goldberg 1 <jackgold at umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:34:21 -0500 (EST)
I am a bit puzzled. In view of the on-going debate, when ought one use Rational[a,b]. Put a bit differently, is there a snippet of code in which one would prefer Rational[a,b] to a/b?