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Question: Why does Maple interpret 1 .05 as 1 * 5. Note the space between 1 and .05.

Question:Why does Maple interpret 1 .05 as 1 * 5. Note the space between 1 and .05.

max125 195 Maple 2022
multiplication syntax
October 12 2024
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I can't understand why Maple interprets 1 .05  as 1 * 5 = 5 , and 2 .05  as 2 * 5 = 10 . Note the space between 1 and .05
In a different calculation I accidentally inserted a space between 1 and .05, and received a strange answer, and finally narrowed it down to a space.
But now I wonder why it is it is interpreting this way. Also I see that 2  0.05 produces an error. But  2 .05 is treated as 10. There is an implied multiplication? But the multiplication should be 2 * .05 , which is 1 and not 10.
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