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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:47:51 +0100, Daniel van Leeuwen
wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I'm trying to do this simple limit calculation in Maxima, but I think it
> fails:
>
> (C1) limit(atan(x)/(1/exp(1)-exp(-(1+x)^2)),x,inf,plus);
> %E %I LOG(- 1)
> (D1) --------------
> 2
>
> /* Since LOG(-1) equals %I*%PI, this should be the same as */
>
> (C2) subst(%I*%PI,log(-1),%th(1));
> %E %PI
> (D2) - ------
> 2
>
> /* But doing the calculation step-by-step */
>
> (C3) limit(atan(x),x,inf);
> %PI
> (D3) ---
> 2
> (C4) limit(-(x+1)^2,x,inf);
> (D4) MINF
> (C5) limit(exp(-(x+1)^2),x,inf);
> (D5) 0
>
> /* shows that the solution should be:
> *
> * exp(1)*%pi/2
> *
> */
>
> What's wrong here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> /DvL
>
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