Don't put any floating point numbers into maxima. Use 1/2 not 0.5
Or you can use the program rat(......)
to convert to rational approximations, in some contexts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jorge Barros de Abreu" <ficmatin01 at solar.com.br>
To: <Maxima at math.utexas.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:35 AM
Subject: rational numbers only
> Hi.
> ?????Which the variable name that force maxima to work with ratonal
> numbers
> only???
>
> Thanks
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