The factor function is a little bit silly.
- Subject: The factor function is a little bit silly.
- From: Stavros Macrakis
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:16:04 +0200
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:21 PM, J.C. Pizarro <jcpiza at gmail.com> wrote:
> > (%i12) factor(expand((x-y)^1000));
> > 1000
> > (%o12) (y - x)
>
> Look it, Maxima solved it wrongly! It's bug of Maxima!
>
> The correct answer is (x-y)^1000, not (y-x)^1000 !!!
They are equal.
(x-y)^1000 = 1 * (x-y)^1000 = (-1)^1000 * (x-y)^1000 = ((-1) *
(x-y))^1000 = (y-x)^1000
-s