On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu>wrote:
>
> Why would you say that 1+2=>3 is an "evaluation" (though not in Maxima
> terms), but x+2*x => 3*x is an "evaluation"? What about %i+2*%i?
>
Sorry, in case it's not obvious, I meant:
Why would you say that 1+2=>3 is an "evaluation" (though not in Maxima
terms), but x+2*x => 3*x is not an "evaluation"? What about %i+2*%i?
or
Why would you say that 1+2=>3 is an "evaluation" (though not in Maxima
terms), but x+2*x => 3*x is a "simplification"? What about %i+2*%i?
... and how about x-x vs. %pi-%pi vs. 3.14-3.14?
-s