I'm wondering if there is any way to tell Maxima to return
1/2*x
instead of
x/2
I'm trying to handle u-substitutions using changevar however, it's returning expressions like:
\frac{\int \cos{u} \de{u}}{5}
whereas I'd like to have it display as
\frac{1}{5} \int \cos(u) \de{u}
or
\int \cos(u) \frac{1}{5} \de{u}
Is this possible? If so, any suggestions as to where to start?
I think the display option pfeformat has the effect you want. By default it's false. Here's what I get when it is enabled:
(%i2) pfeformat: true $
(%i3) 'integrate(cos(u),u)/5;
/
[
(%o3) (1/5) I cos(u) du
]
/
(%i4) tex(%);
$${{1}\over{5}}\,\int {\cos u}{\;du}$$
The internal form of the expression is the same -- you can call ?print to see what it is -- and pfeformat just changes the way it's displayed.