another question about maxima and lisp



On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Stavros Macrakis wrote:

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>> 
>> So, the function (latex notation) $f(x) = x^2$ has the (I suppose)
>> maxima lisp representation as

The latex form is simply so we don't get confused in thinking that the
expression is in some form representable in lisp or maxima.

I could have written simply   f(x) = x^2

-sen

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