Madhusudan Singh <chhabra@eecs.umich.edu> writes:
> Maxima returns the Principal Value as :
>
> Principal Value$$\isqrt{1-x^{2}}\*\log
> \left(-\ifracd{1}{2\*x-1}\right)+\pi\*x$$
>
> (what's with the non-tex \ifracd and \isqrt anyway ?)
You're using imaxima, right?
\isqrt et al. are used because of line breaking. If an equation turns
out not to fit on the screen, \isqrt is redefined as '(#1)^{1/2}'
instead of the usual definition to better facilitate line breaking.