formatting fractions involving square roots
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
        
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How can I tell sage that I want the result to be shown as 1√3 rather than 13√3 when I type show(1/sqrt(3))?
 
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Not really convenient but it gives the expected answer:     show(sqrt(3).power(-1,hold=True)) .
ndomes gravatar imagendomes (
    
        7 years ago
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Thanks, that is at least something. While playing with this, I noticed that power? and power?? documentation does not mention the hold keyword at all.
Searching for hold=True I just found https://ask.sagemath.org/question/757..., which makes this question a duplicate.
Björn gravatar imageBjörn (
    
        7 years ago
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You have to look for power as a method of an expression, for example:  x.power?  or pi.power??
ndomes gravatar imagendomes (
    
        7 years ago
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