A problem when convert to Tex



Thank you for your reply. I have posted a bug report
on the website of sourceforge.net. Yet, your fix still
can't produce the format: $${5.6\times 10^99}^{x}$$,
which is the proper format in ordinary.

Yours,
Yuan-chuan

 --- Barton Willis  µÄÕýÎÄ£º
> 
> You found a bug. If convenient, please file a bug
> report.
> I don't have a fix, but here is a work around.
> 
> (%i1) tex(5.6e99^x);
> $$5.5999999999999996 \times 10^{99}^{x}$$
> (%o1)                              FALSE
> (%i2) to_lisp();
> Type (to-maxima) to restart
> 
> To avoid this bug, tex floats as x.xx...x e xx.
> 
> MAXIMA> (defun texnumformat (x) x)
> TEXNUMFORMAT
> MAXIMA> (to-maxima)
> Returning to Maxima
> (%o2)                              TRUE
> (%i3) tex(5.6e99^x);
> $$5.6E+99^{x}$$
> (%o3)                              FALSE
> (%i4)
> 
> Barton
> 
> 
> 
> -----maxima-admin@math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
> 
> To: maxima@math.utexas.edu
> From: zycentre 
> Sent by: maxima-admin@math.utexas.edu
> Date: 01/27/2005 01:30AM
> Subject: A problem when convert to Tex
> 
> Dear someone,
> I am a newbie in maxima.
> 
> When I get a results like "7.7850374149E+12^(p/2)",
> it
> can't be converted to Tex correctly by using "tex()"
> command. Because maxima only converts the expression
> to "7.7850374149\times 10^12^(p/2)", but not
> "{7.7850374149\times 10^12}^(p/2)". However,
> "7.7850374149\times 10^12^(p/2)" doesn't obey the
> Latex's syntax.
> 
> Is there any resolvent? As the
> "7.7850374149E+12^(p/2)" is an intermediate result
> produced by maxima, I can't modify it by hand.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Yuan-chuan
> 
>
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