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How can I overwrite a Maxima functions, e.g. to extend its functionality,
something like
hessian(f,[v]) := if length(v)=0 then hessian(f,listofvars(f)) else
hessian(f,v[1])
Wouldn't that be a recursive definition?
Rene Grothmann