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The binary (infix) operators in Maple are:

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Most binary operators can be made to apply elementwise by appending a tilde (~). See operators[elementwise] for details.

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$a+b\;$$2+3$

$a+b$

$5$

(1)

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$a-b\;$$2-3$

$a-b$

$\mathrm{-1}$

(2)

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$ab\;$$2\cdot 3$

$ab$

$6$

(3)

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$\frac{a}{b}\;$$\frac{2}{3}$

$\frac{a}{b}$

$\frac{2}{3}$

(4)

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$a^b\;$$2^3$

$a^b$

$8$

(5)

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$a\mathbf{mod}b$

$\mathrm{modp}\left(a\,b\right)$

(6)

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$a<b$

$a<b$

(7)

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$a\le b$

$a\le b$

(8)

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$b<a$

$b<a$

(9)

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$b\le a$

$b\le a$

(10)

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$a=b$

$a=b$

(11)

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$a\ne b$

$a\ne b$

(12)

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$a\mapsto b$

$a\mapsto b$

(13)

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$\mathrm{`\$`}\left(a\&comma;3\right)$

$a,a,a$

(14)

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$a\circ b$

$a\circ b$

(15)

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$a^{\left(n\right)}\&semi;$$f^{\left(2\right)}$

$a^{\left(n\right)}$

$f^{\left(2\right)}$

(16)

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$a\Vert b\&semi;$$''foo''\Vert ''bar''$

$\mathrm{ab}$

$''foobar''$

(17)

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$a·b$

$a·b$

(18)

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$a..b$

$a..b$

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$a::b$

$a::b$

(20)

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$a\mathbf{and}b\&semi;$$\mathrm{true}\mathbf{and}\mathrm{false}$

$a\mathbf{and}b$

$\mathrm{false}$

(21)

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$a\mathbf{or}b\&semi;$$\mathrm{true}\mathbf{or}\mathrm{false}$

$a\mathbf{or}b$

$\mathrm{true}$

(22)

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$a\mathbf{xor}b\&semi;$$\mathrm{true}\mathbf{xor}\mathrm{false}$

$a\mathbf{xor}b$

$\mathrm{true}$

(23)

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$a\Rightarrow b\&semi;$$\mathrm{true}\Rightarrow \mathrm{false}$

$a\Rightarrow b$

$\mathrm{false}$

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$a\mathbf{subset}b\&semi;$$\left\{2\&comma;3\right\}\mathbf{subset}\left\{1\&comma;2\&comma;3\right\}$

$a\subseteq b$

$\mathrm{true}$

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$a\mathbf{union}b\&semi;$$\left\{1\&comma;2\right\}\mathbf{union}\left\{2\&comma;3\right\}$

$a\cup b$

$\left\{1\&comma;2\&comma;3\right\}$

(26)

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$a\mathbf{intersect}b\&semi;$$\left\{1\&comma;2\right\}\mathbf{intersect}\left\{2\&comma;3\right\}$

$a\cap b$

$\left\{2\right\}$

(27)

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$a\mathbf{minus}b\&semi;$$\left\{1\&comma;2\right\}\mathbf{minus}\left\{2\&comma;3\right\}$

$a\setminus b$

$\left\{1\right\}$

(28)

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$\mathrm{`\&x`}≔\left(x\&comma;y\right)\mapsto 2\cdot x+3\cdot y\&semi;$$a\&xb$

$\mathrm{\&x}≔\left(x\&comma;y\right)\mapsto 2\cdot x+3\cdot y$

$2a+3b$

(29)

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$a,b$

$a,b$

(30)

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$a≔b\&semi;$$a$

$a≔b$

$b$

(31)