sage automatically expanding polynomial

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 R.<X>=PolynomialRing(ZZ,'X')
 X=R.gen()  
 P=(X+1)²+1
 show(P)

The result is X²+2X+2 while i would like sage to show (X+1)²+1.

How can i do that ?

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Use symbolic variables ?

sage: X=var('X')
sage: ((X+1)**2+1)
(X + 1)^2 + 1

But P[2] (to get the coefficient before X²) doesn't work anymore with var.

Akanzar ( 2014-11-27 15:19:04 -0600 )edit

Use P.coeffs() to get a list of all of the coefficients.

calc314 ( 2014-11-27 19:51:00 -0600 )edit

But looks like sage will still expand e.g. 5(2x -7) into 10*x - 35. How to keep it in the original form?

pong ( 2016-06-26 09:16:53 -0600 )edit

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Asked: 2014-11-27 14:24:13 -0600

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Last updated: Nov 27 '14