RE : Simple question



CY wrote :

> If you mean explicitly enter the +- operator...  I'm not sure if Maxima
> defines that one.  Anybody know?

We can do :

(%i1) prefix("(+-)");
(%o1) 				    "(+-)"
(%i2) (+-)(x):=[x,-x];
(%o2) 			      (+-) x := [x, - x]
(%i3) (+-)(a+b);
(%o3) 			       [b + a, - b - a]

Laurent