Maxima (cvs) fails to evaluate some limits arbitrarily
Subject: Maxima (cvs) fails to evaluate some limits arbitrarily
From: Daniel Lemire
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:27:01 -0400
Hmmm... wouldn't it be nicer if there was some warning message telling us "I
stopped, but by changing this variable you could maybe get me to evaluate the
limit in full"...?
This gives the wrong impression... like "oh! Maxima can't solve that!".
> Daniel Lemire wrote:
> > I fail to understand the following behavior... it seems arbitrary to
> > me...
>
> lhospitallim is set to 5. Yes it is arbitrary, but you can
> change it.
> RJF
>
> > How does Maxima decide that it won't evaluate a limit?
> >
> >
> > (C1) limit(exp(-1/x)/x^5,x,0,PLUS);
> >
> > (D1) 0
> > (C2) limit(exp(-1/x)/x^6,x,0,PLUS);
> >
> > - 1/x
> > %E
> > (D2) limit -------
> > x -> 0+ 6
> > x
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