Unfortunately, the example is just a basic case of the functionality I'd 
want to use - I need a reliable way of sorting symbolic values like that. 
Other software I've tried struggles with this a lot, so I thought SymPy 
would work better - unfortunately not! Thank you for your reply anyway.


On Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:45:38 UTC+1, Aaron Meurer wrote:
>
> I think the logic you want isn't implemented. Right now, the 
> assumptions module doesn't really do anything with interval type 
> assumptions, like 0 < x < 1. It only knows about assumptions like 
> positive or negative. 
>
> Of course, if all you want to do is sort symbols by their exponent, 
> that is not too difficult to do, especially if you know for sure that 
> each element of your list is a power of that symbol. You just need to 
> define an appropriate key function and use it when sorting. 
>
> Aaron Meurer 
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:47 PM, BR <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> > Hey, 
> > 
> > I've been trying to find some information online on SymPy's assumptions 
> > module and unfortunately I can't find an answer to my question. Is it 
> > possible to declare symbols with assumptions in such a way that they are 
> > respected when sorting them? For instance, is it possible to declare a 
> > symbol x with the assumption that 0<x<1, so that sorting [w, w**2, w**3] 
> > gives [w**3, w**2, w]? 
> > 
> > Thanks. 
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