Subject: Maxima 5.9.0 fails to factor this expression.
From: andrei
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:01:14 +0400
Try
factor(s1),berlefact=false;
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Andrei Zorine
? ????????? ?? 17 ?????? 2007 18:25 mrkmhrsh at yahoo.co.jp ???????(a):
> /* 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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