Re: [Maxima-bugs] [ maxima-Bugs-1281737 ] limit(atan(x)/(1/exp(1)-exp(-(1+x)^2)),x,inf,plus) - wrong



* Raymond Toy <rtoy@earthlink.net> [2005-09-23 12:13:08 -0400]:

> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Which lisp?  I ran this with the current CVS code, using cmucl on Mac OS
> X and Solaris.
> 
Ah! So the correct question is not "which maxima" but "which lisp" :)
Thanks! O.K., I am using CLISP 2.33.2 on Linux. 

I am way too rusty on taylor series at infinity at the moment :( 
Milan

> I'm pretty sure taylor can do series at infinity.  1/(1-x) seems to work.
> 
> I think I looked at the taylor code once.  If it's what I remember, I
> don't plan on looking at it again. :-(
> 
> Ray
> 
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