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Re: Implicit Times

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  • Subject: [mg128615] Re: Implicit Times
  • From: James Stein <mathgroup at stein.org>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:06:32 -0500 (EST)
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Read this Mathematica reference on "operators without built-in meanings".
I assume you could define, e.g., 'CircleTimes' to return whatever function
(including non-commutative multiply) you wish.

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Dave Snead <dsnead6 at charter.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Mathematica assumes Times (*) when two expressions are
> juxtaposed with no explicit intervening binary operator
> (ex., x y is interpreted as x*y).
> I want to change this behavior so it assumes a
> NonCommutativeMultiply (**) instead.
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Snead
>
>
>


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