Vector ops and non-commutative matrix mult revisited
Subject: Vector ops and non-commutative matrix mult revisited
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:30:34 -0400
On 9/6/06, Neilen Marais <nmarais at sun.ac.za> wrote:
> A while ago I asked if it was possible to mix the "vect" package and
> non-commutative matrix multiplication.
> ... after loading vect.
> In fact, maxima even recognises .. as equivalent to . and simplifies it as
> such.
It seems like extraordinarily poor design for a standard load package
to redefine basic operations in Maxima in incompatible ways.
Perhaps we should look into changing the vector package... or are
there people married to its current conventions?
-s