ress a result in decimal notation.
This may be accomplished by following the expression you want expanded
by "<tt>,numer</tt>":

<pre>
(%i4)&nbsp;%,&nbsp;numer;
(%o4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;82.01219330881977

</pre>
Note the use here of <tt>%</tt>
to refer to the previous result.  In this version of Maxima, <tt>
  numer</tt> gives 16 significant figures, of which the last is often
unreliable.  However, Maxima can offer