error with find_root when functions containing more than one built-in constant like %pi
Subject: error with find_root when functions containing more than one built-in constant like %pi
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:22:22 -0500
Wait a sec... that doesn't work. How *does* your proposal work so that
(%e+1)^x,numer => (%e+1)^x
but
(%e+1)^x,x=2, numer => 13.8
even if %e is represented as exp(1).
-s
PS For symmetry, perhaps we should represent 1 as exp(0) :-) .