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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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