Re: how do I display "Power[z,-1]" in an exponetial form?
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- Subject: [mg50773] Re: how do I display "Power[z,-1]" in an exponetial form?
- From: p-valko at tamu.edu (Peter Valko)
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:39:38 -0400 (EDT)
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dumstuck at gmx.ch (dumstuck at gmx.ch) wrote in message news:<cih1i4$rb$1 at smc.vnet.net>... > you're right, and the results satisfies me only partially. > > I would rather try to "unprotect" the "Power" function and modify it: > It seems that the "Power" function decides to display the result in a > fractional form if the second argument is numerical. In fact, > Power[z, -2 x] > Power[z, -Sqrt[2]] > Power[z, -Pi] > are all diplayed in an exponential form, whereas > Power[z, -56789] > Power[z, -N[Sqrt[2]]] > Power[z, -N[Pi]] > are all diplayed in a fractional form. > > Do you know if it is possible to accés the function? I regret I have to pass. (It seems to me modifying Power is a bit drastic action to solve a print issue.) Peter