Hi --
Here's my problem: I want to make a list made of huge numbers. Then,
I want to sort it. I don't want maxima to expand powers (I want it too
keep exponential notation, for readability.) Is ther a way?
(%i105) mylist:[100^100, 80^120,60^140,40^160,20^180];
(%o105) [100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 2348542582773833227889\
480596789337027375682548908319870707290971532209025114608443463698998384768703\
031934976000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 8733233131762103459660808\
345247639315496960772046833382089277314153013432419984814172138299868821906129\
944576000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 21359870\
359209100823950217061695521146027045223566527699470416078222197257806405500229\
620869365760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000, 1532495540865888858358347027150309183618739122183602176000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000]
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(%i106) sort(mylist);
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(%o106) [100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 2348542582773833227889\
480596789337027375682548908319870707290971532209025114608443463698998384768703\
031934976000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 1532495540865888858358347\
027150309183618739122183602176000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 8733233131762103459660\
808345247639315496960772046833382089277314153013432419984814172138299868821906\
129944576000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 21359\
870359209100823950217061695521146027045223566527699470416078222197257806405500\
229620869365760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
000000000000000000]