Ok cool I thought it might be a case of just having to modify how I print.
I'm not using any special printer - just doing print sympy.latex(y) Thanks for your quick response!!! :- ) On Monday, 17 June 2013 14:45:19 UTC+10, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > Internally, there is no difference between 1/(x + 1)**2 and (x + > 1)**-2. There is no class in SymPy that represents division. 1/x is > represented internally as just Pow(x, -1). > > If all you care about is printing, then I recommend you modify the > printer. > > Which printer are you using? What you need to do is subclass the > appropriate printer and override the _print_Pow method. > > Aaron Meurer > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Ben Lucato > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > If I have code like so: > > > > x = sympy.Symbol('x') > > y = 1 / (x + 1)**2 > > > > it evaluates to > > y = (x + 1)**(-2) > > > > > > is there a way to prevent that happening and have it remain as 1 / (x + > > 1)**2. > > > > **** OR: alternatively, is there a way to retrieve 1 / (x + 1)**2 from > the > > canonical form? I've looked at the docs and searched in this google > group > > but haven't found relevant discussions. The reason I want to do this is > for > > printing purposes > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
