On Jan 8, 2008 10:57 AM, Thomas Widlar <twidlar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> (%i22) assume (z equal 3);
> Incorrect syntax: EQUAL is not an infix operator
Oh, you have to write it as assume(equal(z, 3))
or assume(notequal(z, 3)). Hmm, maybe equal and notequal
should be infix operators -- but that is a separate question.
Be advised that the assume system is not very strong --
I don't know how much Maxima can do with that.
HTH
Robert Dodier