Re: RE-GROUPING OF EXPRESSIONS
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg11681] Re: RE-GROUPING OF EXPRESSIONS
- From: Allan Hayes <hay@haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:35:16 -0500
- References: <6esfps$5lj@smc.vnet.net>
blimbaum_jerry@ccmail.ncsc.navy.mil wrote: > > My question concerns regrouping of variables, specifically terms > like > (a-b) become transformed into -b + a (even though in the original > they are entered as a - b) which is a form I dont like nor does one > > usually write equations that way. Is there anything one can do > about > this or why does Mathematica do it in the first place? > > thanks. Jerry Blimbaum US Navy Lab Panama City Florida Using TraditionalForm may help: You can: - convert a selected cell to TraditionalForm with menu Cell>ConvertTo; - make TraditionalForm default for all output from now on by using menu Cell>DefaultOutputForm -- Allan Hayes Training and Consulting Leicester, UK hay@haystack.demon.co.uk http://www.haystack.demon.co.uk voice: +44 (0)116 271 4198 fax: +44 (0)116 271 8642