CY wrote : > If you mean explicitly enter the +- operator... I'm not sure if Maxima > defines that one. Anybody know? We can do : (%i1) prefix("(+-)"); (%o1) "(+-)" (%i2) (+-)(x):=[x,-x]; (%o2) (+-) x := [x, - x] (%i3) (+-)(a+b); (%o3) [b + a, - b - a] Laurent