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DefineNeighbors — Declaration of direct relations between observers [maple]

Reference: Appendix B in Multibody Mechanics and Visualization by Harry Dankowicz, published by Springer Verlag UK, 2004.

Calling Sequence

DefineNeighbors(A,B)

DefineNeighbors([A1,B1], ..., [An,Bn])

Parameters

A,A1, ..., An: names of declared observers

B,B1, ..., Bn: names of declared observers

Description

The function DefineNeighbors declares a direct relation between pairs of declared observers. Direct relations may not be declared between indirectly related observers.

The function DefineNeighbors results in permanent changes to the global variable GlobalObserverDeclarations.

Examples

>Restart():
>DeclareObservers(A,B,C):
>DefineNeighbors([A,B],[A,C]):
>print(GlobalObserverDeclarations);

$table ([C = \{A\}, A = \{B, C\}, B = \{A\}])$

See Also

DeclareObservers, DefineObservers

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