I'd expect the following to give the result "c+2".

> c := a+b

> simplify(a+b+2)

How can I let Maple know that I'd prefer it to write "c" in place of "a+b" when possible?

Hi! I'm new to Maple. Is there a better way to represent matrices? This is what I've done so far, but the indices (C11, C12, n1, etc) look a little weird and superfluous. Am I doing it the "Maple way"?

Examples:

C=Matrix([[C11,C12],[C12,C22]])