Using native complex numbers



>>>>> "willisb" == willisb  <willisb@unk.edu> writes:

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I would like better complex number support.  I don't know what the
best way to do that would be.

    willisb> Possible improvements and caveats to my code:

    willisb> 1. Look for %e ^ x and evaluate it as (exp x) instead of
    willisb> (expt 2.718... x).  Similarly, we could look for x ^ 0.5 and

I'm pretty sure maxima already does this.  Look up the function expta
(or exptb).

Ray