constant changed into number



Actually a feature, not a bug.

If you had typed n:7;   you would have seen this:

(C1) n:7;
(D1)            7
(C2) ....

If you really want to use the name D1, then you can change
outchar to something else. But you better do it on line c1!

You can also do  kill(d1);   :)

RJF


Maths Mathematica Geometry Crew wrote:

> A weird result from maxima: constant D1 changed into number 7:
> 
> (C1) n : 7$
> 
> (C2) U1 : D1*(%E^(-a1*r1) - 1)*(%E^(-a1*r1) - 1);
> 
>                                    - a1 r1     2
> (D2)                          7 (%E        - 1)
> 
> 
> 
> Anybody can reproduce such result?
> 
> What is wrong in those command lines?
> 
> thank you 
> 
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> Paolo Pumilia
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