Maxima Function
metricexpandall (x)
Rebuilds global unit lists automatically creating all desired metric units. x is a numerical argument which is used to specify how many metric prefixes the user wishes defined. The arguments are as follows, with each higher number defining all lower numbers' units:
0 - none. Only base units 1 - kilo, centi, milli (default) 2 - giga, mega, kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli, micro, nano 3 - peta, tera, giga, mega, kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, pico, femto 4 - all
Normally, Maxima will not define the full expansion since this results in a
very large number of units, but metricexpandall
can be used to
rebuild the list in a more or less complete fashion. The relevant variable
in the unit.mac file is %unitexpand.