Hi,
I'm sure this is probably often asked, but it's not in the FAQ
and I can't figure out how to search the mailing list archive.
How do I persuade an expression to evaluatte numerically?
(C2) EV(exp(1.0+sqrt(-1.0)),NUMER);
%I + 1.0
(D2) %E
The documentation claims this should be expanded even while having the
frustrating claim that not all functions will be expanded numerically.
Also, it would be nice if the documentation mentioned somewhere
prominent that the way to specify pi was as %PI (and so on). This is
aggravated by the habit of TeXmacs of not displaying the % signs, but
that's not Maxima's fault.
Thanks,
Andrew