One way would be to store strings, "100^100" in addition to the
numbers. Sort by the numbers, but only print the strings.
RJF
----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Lenzi <henry.lenzi at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, June 3, 2006 3:36 pm
Subject: Making maxima not expand powers
> 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]
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------------------------
>
>
> (%i106) sort(mylist);
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> (%o106)
> [100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,
> 2348542582773833227889\480596789337027375682548908319870707290971532209025114608443463698998384768703\
> 031934976000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,
> 1532495540865888858358347\027150309183618739122183602176000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000,
> 8733233131762103459660\808345247639315496960772046833382089277314153013432419984814172138299868821906\
> 129944576000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 21359\
> 870359209100823950217061695521146027045223566527699470416078222197257806405500\
> 229620869365760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\
> 000000000000000000]
>
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