I just prefer to work in the console (being quicker, and using less memory), than in the browser-based worksheet. Besides, my browser keeps crashing because of my University's insistence to use the terrible LMS WebCT/BlackBoard. And two browser sessions would be too memory intensive.
-Alasdair On Mar 4, 7:51 pm, Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 3, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Alasdair wrote: > > > If I want to pretty print a rational expression in the console, I need > > to invoke maxima: > > > sage: var('a') > > sage: S=factor(sum(1/(a+1)^i for i in range(6))) > > sage: S > > (a + 2)*(a^2 + a + 1)*(a^2 + 3*a + 3)/(a + 1)^5 > > sage: print S > > (a + 2)*(a^2 + a + 1)*(a^2 + 3*a + 3)/(a + 1)^5 > > sage: print maxima(S) > > > which gives the nice pretty printed expression. Is there a way of > > obtaining the same output which is "native" to Sage; that is, without > > using Maxima? > > No, there's not (as far as I am aware). Just out of curiosity, what > are you using this for? > > - Robert -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
