> Could be. I'd have to read the thesis again. I also guess that if
> that's true, whoever added the code to convert atan to log didn't know
> that either.
>
> I also never heard of tlimit. In this particular case
>
> tlimit(atan(x)/(1/exp(1)-exp(-(1+x)^2)),x,inf,plus)
>
> returns 0. Probably because
>
> taylor(atan(x)/(1/exp(1)-exp(-(1+x)^2)),x,inf,1)
>
> returns
>
> 0 + ...
>
I get a QUOTIENT by ZERO error with either tlimit or taylor, and the
same on Maxima-5.9.1 and the current release candidate!
How does Maxima do taylor at infinity? I have a feeling that you just
discovered yet another problem that maxima does not handle correctly.
Milan
>
> Ray
>
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