[Maxima] what does declare(x, special) do?

[nijso beishuizen]

Hi,

I was looking in some of the maxima routines and I was wondering:
what does declare(x,special) do to x? 
I couldn't find it in the maxima manual. No 'special' is mentioned in the description of declare. 

NB



 		 	   		  
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