Re: [Reduce-algebra-developers] display of expressions

[Rainer S. <rai...@gm...>]

On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 at 19:03 -0400, Kostas Oikonomou wrote:

 > I am trying to make Reduce display the expression 1/a + 1/b as the sum
 > of two fractions.
 > "off mcd" results in a^-1 + b^-1, however.  Is there some other relevant
 > switch that that I'm not aware of?

"on div" achieves the same, by only affecting the output, not the computation.

 > Also, a suggestion for the manual, sec 8.3.2, the FACTOR declaration:
 > 
 > "All terms involving fixed powers of the declared expressions are
 > printed as a product of the fixed
 > powers and a sum of the rest of the terms."
 > 
 > It took me a while to realize that saying "factor x;" and then "expn;"
 > puts <expn> in the form of a polynomial in x,
 > if this can be done. This is a common thing to want to do, and it is not
 > clear how to do it.  I suggest adding a remark
 > to that effect after the above paragraph.

Good idea, I will do that.

  Rainer