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• Subject: [mg128695] Subscript on plus expression
• From: "Dave Snead" <dsnead6 at charter.net>
• Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 03:57:38 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,

Mathematica fails to parenthesize the a+b in
Subscript[Plus[a,b],k]

so the output looks identical to
Plus[a,Subscript[b,k]]

Is this a bug?
Is there an option to force the parentheses?

Thanks in advance,
Dave Snead

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