Barton,
I remembered this mail about your sfactor but I thought it was long time ago and I hoped
that meanwhile it would be built in.
Looking only a short time into format.ps I do not see a chance with format.
Thanks for your answer
Volker
Am 28 Nov 2007 um 11:03 hat Barton Willis geschrieben:
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> You can try the `format' package (do load(format)).
> User documentation is /share/contrib/format/format.ps
> For another approach, try
>
> http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2007/008787.html
>
> (%i46) sfactor(a*x^2+b*x+c,x);
> (%o46) a*(x+b/(2*a))^2+c-b^2/(4*a)
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> BW
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> maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote on 11/28/2007 10:37:33 AM:
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> > Is there a built in function, which does the transformation
> >
> > a*x^2+b*x+c ==> a*(x-d)^2+e ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Volker van Nek
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