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Re: Subscript on plus expression

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• Subject: [mg128701] Re: Subscript on plus expression
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:15:01 -0500 (EST)
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On Nov 18, 2012, at 3:57 AM, Dave Snead <dsnead6 at charter.net> wrote:

> 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?

I don't know off hand of any such option, but is it so unreasonable to 
insert parentheses explicitly in the first? After all, that's surely 
what you'd do if writing it with pencil on paper!

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• References:
  • Plotting a series of Roots
    • From: William Duhe <wjduhe@loyno.edu>
  • Subscript on plus expression
    • From: "Dave Snead" <dsnead6@charter.net>