[Maxima] Strange thing in Maxima: reduction of fraction

[Jaime E. Villate]

On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 16:51 +0000, Leo wrote:
> But what about %o1 output? Isn't that a bug?

If (p - q) is real, then abs(p - q)^2 = (p - q)(p - q) = (q - p)^2

Jaime