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<B>ALGEBRAIC</B> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <B>command</B><P>
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The <em>algebraic</em> command changes REDUCE's mode of operation to
algebraic. When <em>algebraic</em> is used as an operator (with an
argument inside parentheses) that argument is evaluated in algebraic
mode, but REDUCE's mode is not changed.
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algebraic;
symbolic;
NIL
algebraic(x**2);
2
X
x**2;
***** The symbol X has no value.
</TT></PRE><P>REDUCE's symbolic mode does not know about most algebraic commands
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Error messages in this mode may also depend on the particular Lisp
used for the REDUCE implementation.
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