Maxima 5.9.0 fails to factor this expression.

• Subject: Maxima 5.9.0 fails to factor this expression.
• From: mrkmhrsh at yahoo.co.jp
• Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:25:30 +0900 (JST)

/* Someone demonstrated this kind of potential bug in maxima. */


/* This shows there is a bug in maxima's "factor". */

s : ( 7 * x**2 - 1 ) * ( 3 * z + 1 ) * x ;

s1 : expand ( s**3 - 1 );

factor( s1 );

/* s1 must be factorized, but maxima 5.9.0 failed. */

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