Re: A little problem with positive numbers
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- Subject: [mg18078] Re: A little problem with positive numbers
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:43:35 -0400
- Delivery-date: Tue Jun 15 09:53:23 1999
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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What, exactly, are you trying to do? And what version of Mathematica? The new Version 4 "Support for assumptions in Simplify, FunctionExpand and related functions" may do what you need. attico wrote: > > How can i say to Mathematica that > a number im using is a positive one? > I would like to try with > > SetAttributes[x,Positive] > > but, with my surprise, ive discovered > that this attribute is inexistent. > Someone can help me? > > Thanx > > Nicola > nicola at linuz.sns.it -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H) Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) Amherst, MA 01003-4515