Maxima assumes order of differentiation assumed to be irrelevant



-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----

>Maxima assumes that the order of differentiation is irrelevant as the
> following shows:

>Is there any way to override this?

Not that I know of. Macsyma has an option package "opalg" with an option variable diff_cannonicalize 
that controls the simplification of derivatives. Maxima doesn't include opalg. 

Barton