Hello group, it seems that algebraic entries on tables are not always parsed correctly by org mode, or is it calc's fault? For example in the following table the the entry @2$4 should be -a^4 - a^2 b^2
| Term | Components | vac | Contribution | |------+------------+------------+-------------------------------| | a a | 2 | -a^2 - b^2 | -a^4 - b^2 | | a b | 1 | 1 | a b | | b a | 1 | 1 | b a | | b b | 2 | -a^2 -b^2 | -(b^2 a^2) - b^2 | |------+------------+------------+-------------------------------| | | | | 2 a b - a^4 - a^2 b^2 - 2 b^2 | #+TBLFM: $4=$1*$3::@6$4=simplify(expand(vsum(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]))) I can get the spreadsheet to do what I mean by using parentheses as in the following table, but IMHO it shouldn't be necessary. | Term | Components | vac | Contribution | |------+------------+--------------+-------------------------------| | a a | 2 | (-a^2 - b^2) | -(a^2 (b^2 + a^2)) | | a b | 1 | 1 | a b | | b a | 1 | 1 | b a | | b b | 2 | (-a^2 -b^2) | -(b^2 (b^2 + a^2)) | |------+------------+--------------+-------------------------------| | | | | 2 a b - a^4 - b^4 - 2 a^2 b^2 | #+TBLFM: $4=$1*$3::@6$4=simplify(expand(vsum(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]))) ,----[ M-x version ] | GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of | 2008-04-07 on elegiac, modified by Debian `---- ,----[ M-x org-version ] | Org-mode version 5.23a `---- Thanks, Nikos _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
