commercial macsyma for 1.2..5.7 gives [1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barton Willis [mailto:willisb at unk.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:04 AM
> To: fateman at EECS.Berkeley.EDU
> Cc: 'Stavros Macrakis'; 'Robert Dodier'; 'Maxima List'
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] a .. b
>
>
> -----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
> >> >> Use floor and ceiling on non-integer endpoints
> >> >>
> >> >> (%i11) sqrt(2) .. sqrt(15);
> >> >> (%o11) [2,3]
> >> >
> >> > I think this should be a noun expression.
> >
> >Commercial Macsyma leaves this as a noun expression.
> >I prefer that it be a noun.
>
> Thanks to everybody for the input. I'll delete the auto
> ceiling / floor
> code. What about float and big float endpoints?
>
> 1.0 .. 42.0 --> noun?
>
> Barton
>
>