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Combining the two answers, I get:

sage: a = 1 / (2 * sqrt(2) + 3)
sage: maxima_calculus('algebraic: true;')
true
sage: a.simplify_rational()
-2*sqrt(2) + 3

This is probably as simple as it will get for a while.

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