Re: proposal to bring ifactor into src/, was: Factoring large integers
Subject: Re: proposal to bring ifactor into src/, was: Factoring large integers
From: van.Nek at gmx.net
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:02:20 +0100
Am 2 Feb 2006 um 18:32 hat Robert Dodier geschrieben:
> I guess factor(1234) is ambiguous since there's no way to tell
> whether you mean to treat 1234 as a polynomial or an integer,
> so it seems like it would be more correct to have two functions.
> It's going to be a little surprising to users who enter factor(1234)
> and get 1234 as the result, expecting 2 * 617 instead. I don't
> know how to help those people find ifactor; I don't really like
> warning messages.
Hello Robert,
sorry, I cant follow this discussion.
Maxima 5.9.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL)
etc
(%i1) factor(1234);
(%o1) 2*617
Do you really get 1234?
Greetings
Volker