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
>
> --
> Paolo Pumilia
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