This kind of situation has been discussed ad nauseum regarding
intervals. Whereas
[-1,1] * [-1,1] could be any value in [-1,1],
[-1,1]^2 can only be in [0,1].
Certainly this can be done. (I think I have programs in my generic lisp
package to do several approaches).
Doing it along with everything else in Maxima is a daunting task, which
might have been made
easier if Maxima had been written in a more object-oriented way. But
actually, I don't believe
it would be much easier.
RJf
Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> Th