evaluating erf(%i) in maxima



>>>>> "Stavros" == Stavros Macrakis  writes:

    Stavros> Hmm.  I guess I was too terse.  If you want to be completely consistent
    Stavros> with base Maxima, it should not give a numerical value, since
    Stavros> sin(0.5*%i+1.2),numer doesn't, either.  But that can be argued to be
    Stavros> wrong.  So it seems fine to me that gamma(1+1/2*%i),numer should give a
    Stavros> complex float, and maybe sin should be changed, too....

Oh, right.  I see what you're getting at.  And yes, it does annoy me
that sin(1.2+0.5*%i) doesn't give a number, and it would be nice if
that were changed.

Ray