Re: suppressing certain simplifications
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg7582] Re: [mg7529] suppressing certain simplifications
- From: "C. Woll" <carlw at u.washington.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 03:13:45 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, John Kiehl wrote: > How can I prevent h*h*h being "simplified" to h^3? > Furthermore, how can I amend the Power[...] function to > behave in the following manner: > h^5 transforms into h*h*h*h*h > > More specifically, how can I get (h*g)^2 to be displayed as: > (h*g)*(h*g). > > I'm playing with simple group theory where sometimes hg=gh > and other times hg=gh^(-1). > Hi John, Why don't use use NonCommutativeMultiply (**) instead of normal multiplication? Carl