How to suppress ordering of arguments in arithmetic expression



On 3/11/10, primus <mihail22 at nigma.ru> wrote:

> Maxima usually does ordering of arguments in expression automatically.
>
> For example, expression
> grind(log(15+sqrt(x-5))^5);
>
> simplifies to    log(sqrt(x-5)+15)^5
>
> Is it possible to suppress this process for all kind of expressions without
> turning off simplifier.

Try powerdisp:true which reverses the displayed order of
arguments in "+" expressions. Maybe that is enough.

best

Robert Dodier