Maxima Function
isolate (expr, x)
Returns expr with subexpressions which are sums and
which do not contain var replaced by intermediate expression labels
(these being atomic symbols like %t1
, %t2
, ...). This is often useful
to avoid unnecessary expansion of subexpressions which don't contain
the variable of interest. Since the intermediate labels are bound to
the subexpressions they can all be substituted back by evaluating the
expression in which they occur.
exptisolate
(default value: false
) if true
will cause isolate
to examine exponents of
atoms (like %e
) which contain var.
isolate_wrt_times
if true
, then isolate
will also isolate with respect to
products. See .
Do example (isolate)
for examples.