>
> At the Maxima level, Maxima lets you manipulate either the internal form
> or the external form:
>
> part(x/y,0) => "/"
> inpart(x/y,0) => "*"
> or part(x/y,0), inflag:true => "*"
>
Yes indeed, these commands indeed helped me one step further. I did not
realize getting the Head (MMA) of an expression as the zeroth part.
Thank you!