Here are descriptions of new or updated Maxima code that can
downloaded from http://www.unk.edu/acad/math/people/willisb/
I suggest items 0 and 1 be placed in Maxima-5.9; I welcome
suggestions for improvements and bug reports for items 2 and 3.
0. specfun-110.tar.gz --- I fixed some problems with the
gradef statements and the documentation. The files specfun.mc
and specfun.texi in this archive should replace the files Maxima
currently uses. If you like quantum mechanics, you may enjoy
the two demonstration programs.
1. mactex-1.7.lisp --- I collected all the additions and fixes
I know of for mactex. I suggest that mactex-1.7.lisp replace the
version that Maxima currently uses.
2. sets.lisp -- a replacement to Maxima's set package. Maxima's
/share2/set.lisp code seems to be broken. Documentation is here
http://www.unk.edu/acad/math/people/willisb/sets.html
3. powers.lisp -- The power function is documented in Maxima,
but it is missing from version 5.6. Call it a bug or call it a
feature, my power function demands that expressions be expanded.
If you know how powers can be extracted faster without expanding,
let me know.
Barton