The InertForm package provides a collection of commands for obtaining and working with inert-form expressions.

The inert form of an expression is a representation that avoids evaluation and automatic simplification by changing operators and function names to unassigned symbols prefixed with a % character.  For general information on inert functions, see value.

This is useful, for example, for capturing precisely what someone types in a MathExpressionComponent or in forming a precise formula to display while avoiding automatic simplification.

The following is a list of the commands in the InertForm package.

The InertForm package was introduced in Maple 18.

For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.