Tim Akhurst wrote:
> Hi all,
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>
> I extract the determinant as folows:
>
> den:determinant(E)$
> den:expand(den)$
> stringout(outfile,den);
>
> To which I get the following error message:
>
> Error in `stringout' attempt -- an error. To debug this try
> debugmode(true);
>
I didn't have any problem with this with cmucl and CVS maxima. The
output file is 6.6 MB. But I think a significant amount of memory is
needed to do this.
What platform are you using?
You might be able to get some additional information by starting maxima
with the -g option to get the lisp debugger. This might provide
information on what the problem is.
Ray