I do a lot of algebra with complex variables, with some expressions growing to thousands of terms.
Due to the amount of space taken up by Maxima writing out "conjugate(foo)" in full for every conjugated
variable, I'd love to shorten this to " foo' " (or equivalent). I'm not so worried about
_input_ of conjugate as _output_.
Is there any "easy"/"trivial" way to accomplish this in Maxima ?
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On a separate note, I've almost given up on using "realpart()", "imagpart()" and "rectform()"
due to unpredictable behavior. I use
mrealpart(x):=(x+conjugate(x))/2;
mimagpart(x):=(x-conjugate(x))/2/%i;
instead.
So I'm relatively happy with the functional operation of "conjugate()"; I'd just like to cut down
on the volume of output characters.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Henry Baker
Santa Barbara, CA