[Maxima] Rational powers and simplification

[Dieter Kaiser]

Am Sonntag, den 30.08.2009, 21:36 +0200 schrieb Stefano Ferri:
> I think this could be a nice feature. This would only affect display
> and not internal representation right? Maybe it could be useful in
> association to a display variable to let users choose between the
> display of rational exponents and  square roots.
> In a humble user opinion :-)

Yes, only the display of sqrt functions will change. We have already the
global flag $sqrtdispflag. The standard value is true, therefore we get
sqrt(x) and not x^(1/2) on the display.

Dieter Kaiser