Re: Manipulation to Avoid Ungly -(-1+w)/x....
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- Subject: [mg37885] Re: Manipulation to Avoid Ungly -(-1+w)/x....
- From: Erich Mueller <emueller at mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:16:11 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Ohio State University
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Wrap your output in TradionalForm Erich On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, ng wrote: > I recall a discussion about ways to manipulate formulas so as to avoid the > ugly results of formulas that start with minus and parentheses that start > with -1, such as -(-1+w)/x... etc. > > I hope I am clear. (w-1)/p is output as (-1+w)/p. How can we make > Mathematica print it the pretty way? > > Another fraction comes up with a leading minus sign where it is easily > removable, but Simplify[ ] does not remove it. The result is > -(-1+w)(...)/(x+y)^2 > > Thanks! > > Nicholas > > > >