Subject: Maxima: simplification function error message.
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:51:42 -0400
This invariably means you have encountered a bug in Maxima's GCD
function, which is called in many places internally. You might try
setting the default GCD to a different algorithm, e.g. `ez', `subres',
`red', or `spmod'. Depending on the version of Maxima you are
running, the default is subres (old version, this error occurs often)
or spmod (believed to be more reliable). Depending on the behavior
you want, you might also look into the value of the 'algebraic' global
variable.
? gcd
? algebraic
-s
On 9/6/07, C. Frangos <cfrangos at telkomsa.net> wrote:
> I am applying my own simplification function mysimprec.mac (in Maxima 5.9,
> 5.10) to some complicated expressions (eg expression for detar pasted below)
> and am getting errors like the following:
>
> Quotient by a polynomial of higher degree
> -- an error. Quitting. To debug this try debugmode(true);