>>>>> "Stephen" == <stephen.buckley@excite.com> writes:
Stephen> Dear Sir
Stephen> Maple simplifies
Stephen> sqrt(4+2*sqrt(3))
Stephen> to
Stephen> sqrt(3) + 1
Stephen> Is there any way to get Maxima to do this?
You can do this if you load the sqdnst package. Then
(C2) sqrtdenest(sqrt(4+2*sqrt(3)));
(D2) SQRT(3) + 1
Ray