Re: How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent?
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- Subject: [mg40513] Re: How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent?
- From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:30:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Use menu command to set Cell/Default Output FormatType to TraditionalForm or explicitly use TraditionalForm as in -20 - 4x + 5x^2 + x^3 // TraditionalForm Bob Hanlon In article <b6tt19$n25$1 at smc.vnet.net>, a_cjones at hotmail.com (cdj) wrote: << Subject: How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent? From: a_cjones at hotmail.com (cdj) To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 07:16:57 +0000 (UTC) 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 >><BR><BR>