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Is the imaginary number i, defined somewhere in Cadabra?

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The version on github now has an ImaginaryI property which is handled automatically,

i::ImaginaryI;
ex:= i i A;

reduces to -A immediately.

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There used to be an ImaginaryI property, but I seem to have forgotten to include it in 2.x; thanks for reminding me ;-) Until that's back, simply use

substitute(_, $I I -> -1$, repeat=True);

as a temporary workaround.

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Thank you Kasper! And great job with cadabra2.

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