Order of variables in result



Mihail Denisenko <mihail22 at nigma.ru> writes:
> I have a question about simplification system. Usually Maxima does sorting
> of all variable-names in result of processing.
>
> For example, for input  x+y   we will have output  y+x.
>
> Is it possible to suppress this behavior of Maxima? Is it necessary to do
> changes in the source code of simplification system?

You might want to have a look at ordergreat and orderless, which changes
the canonical ordering. Also see the mainvar property. All of these are
in section 6.8 of the manual: "Functions and Variables for Expressions".

Rupert
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