From help-request at octave dot org Thu Jan  5 12:33:15 2006
Subject: Re: rational numbers only
From: Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail dot com>
To: help at octave dot org
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:31:33 -0600

On 1/5/06, Jorge Barros de Abreu <ficmatin01 at solar dot com dot br> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> ?????Which the variable name that force maxima to work with ratonal numbers
> only???

Octave really isn't built for that kind of operations. There are
functions that do it as other people in this thread have mentioned,
but if you want a symbolic calculator, you're better off using a
dedicated CAS like Maxima or YACAS.

- Jordi



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