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Re: How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent?

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  • Subject: [mg40507] Re: How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent?
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,


http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/mathematics/algebra/polynomialsorting.html

Regards
  Jens

cdj wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm sure this question gets a lot of play, but I couldn't find the
> answer.... sorry.
> 
> Just to be clear:
> 
> good: x^3 + 5x^2 - 4x - 20
> bad: -20 - 4x + 5x^2 + x^3
> 
> How do I get Mathematica to give me the good version whenever it gives
> me a polynomial?
> 
> Thanks a bunch,
> 
> cdj


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