Wolfram Alpha parses 1/2+2/3i as 1/2 + 2/(3i) and 1/2+(2/3)i as the complex number with real part 1/2 and imaginary part 2/3.
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensa...@soegaard.net> wrote: > 2012/8/8 Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu>: >> >> If it weren't against math conventions, I wouldn't mind seeing 1-i1 or >> 1/2+i2/3. But I am sure the people who produce Racket or Scheme or Lisp >> readers would hate me for that one, too. I think your students will need to >> cope, like all people who study sophisticated concepts (such as complex). >> >> Anyone know how Mathematica copes? > > I believe it parses 1+2i as (+ 1 (* 2 i)). > > The section on number syntax: > > http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/InputSyntax.html > > /Jens Axel ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
