ALGEBRAIC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ command

The algebraic command changes REDUCE's mode of operation to algebraic. When algebraic is used as an operator (with an argument inside parentheses) that argument is evaluated in algebraic mode, but REDUCE's mode is not changed.

examples:

algebraic; 

symbolic; 

  NIL 


algebraic(x**2); 

   2
  X  


x**2; 

    ***** The symbol X has no value.

REDUCE's symbolic mode does not know about most algebraic commands . Error messages in this mode may also depend on the particular Lisp used for the REDUCE implementation.