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

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• Subject: [mg40503] How do you get polynomials listed in order of decreasing exponent?
• From: a_cjones at hotmail.com (cdj)
• Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 03:05:26 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

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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