Am Montag, den 08.03.2010, 13:02 -0500 schrieb Stavros Macrakis:
> It's probably possible to turn that off simplification, but then
> 8^(1/2)/4 probably won't simplify to 2^(-1/2)....
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM, primus <mihail22 at nigma.ru> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is a simple question:
>
> Maxima simplifies expression 8^(1/2) to 2^(3/2).
>
> Is it possible to perform simplification of expression without
> such kind of substitutions?
> Do not modify 8^(1/2) without turn off simplifier.
>
> Best regards.
> Mihail Denisenko
Hello Mihail,
it is the standard behavior of Maxima to simplify sqrt(8) -> 2^(3/2). As
mentioned by Stavros Macrakis, this can be switched off only if the
simplifier is switched off with simp:false. But this seems to be not a
solution.
Dieter Kaiser