On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:48 AM, Robert Bradshaw wrote:

>
> On Nov 25, 2008, at 11:46 PM, Tim Lahey wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this for just a single call?
>> Or is one supposed to just clear the assumption after the
>> fact (I think the latter is done with forget() if I read
>> the documentation correctly)?
>
> No, one needs to use forget. This really should be made into a
> context, so one could do
>
> with a > 0:
>       print sqrt(a^2)
> # here the assumption is forgotten

I like this idea. Maple has the assuming command which allows
for a command to be run with a specific assumption. Your idea
is slight more work for a single command, but less work for
a set of commands.

Cheers,

Tim.

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Tim Lahey
PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo

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