> Is there. some actual computation that produces ((mnctimes))?
Yes, but it immediately is simplified to the value of the the option variable dotident
(%i1) apply(".",[]);
(%o1) 1
> I would expect it to be immediately simplified to 1, although
> this is something of a hack. The result should be some kind
> of multiplicative identity...
(%i2) apply(".",[]),dotident : xxx;
(%o2) xxx
--Barton