[Maxima] simplify sqrt(y) to y^1/2

[Richard Fateman]

On 4/20/2012 1:35 PM, nijso beishuizen wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I want to check if expr is of the form y^n. Is there a way to tell 
> maxima that all sqrt() terms should be converted to/written as ()^1/2?
>
>
Internally, it already is.

inpart(sqrt(x),0)    is ^

inpart(1/sqrt(x),0) is  ^

etc.

Is that enough for your purposes?

RJF

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