showing decimals of irrational numbers and irregularfractions



> When I type something like
> sqrt(2)
> or
> 3/2
> maxima shows it exactly as I wrote it.  Is there a way I can make it  
> show the results in decimal form?
> Regards
> Justin Harford
 
Justin,
	sqrt(2), numer;
	3/2, numer;
should do what you want.
George Leeman