The letter j as imaginary unit

• Subject: The letter j as imaginary unit
• From: Per Liss
• Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:00:52 +0000 (GMT)

Hello,

I'm am completely new to Maxima and computer algebra systems and am trying to learn how to make best use of it.

After reading and introductory textbook, I have been now spent some time finding information on the Internet on how to make Maxima using the letter "j" as the imaginary unit in order not to make confusion with the symbol "i" for current. I would like Maxima not only to understand input using "%j" which I believe could be done by defining a constant, but also produce outputs using "j" instead of "i". My final goal is to find a way to permanently configure my installation to use the letter j.

I would appreciate any tips where to find such info. I have searched the archive for this list and done a general Google search but didn't find any info.

My installation is:
Ubuntu Linux on an IBM T42p laptop running wxMaxima 0.8.4 (don't know hot to extract the Maxima core version)


Best Regards,
Per Liss

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