On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 04:29, Gian Paolo Bronzetti wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have been very surprised that both plot commands don't accept
> the limits of the variables range if they are written in fractional
> form:
>
> (%i14) plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,5])$
>
> is OK, while, if 5 -> 5/2
>
> (%i15) plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,5/2])$
There is a bug in the way ranges are evaluated. Please submit a bug
report through the link from <http://maxima.sf.net>;.
Until we fix it, you can work around the bug by using, e.g.,
plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,5.0/2].
--Jim