Hi people,
I'd like to know if exist some way to "teach" maxima to recognize that some
terms in an expresion form a matrix determinant, e.g. that the expresion:
([dx (dx s1y s2z - dy s1x s2z - dx s1z s2y + dz s1x s2y
+ dy s1z s2x - dz s1y s2x) (s4x s5y s6z - s4y s5x s6z - s4x s5z s6y
+ s4z s5x s6y + s4y s5z s6x - s4z s5y s6x)])
is
dx (determinant(M))(determinant(N))
where M is matrix:
dx dy dz
s1x s1y s1z
s2x s2y s2z
and N is the matrix
s4x s4y s4z
s5x s5y s5z
s6x s6y s6z
Thanks in advance,
alexandre
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