infinity correct maxima



On 8/28/08, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:

>  Maxima calls simplus 634 times;

>  Yikes! You'll also see the same sums done a dozen or more times
>  in a row.

Hmm. I've also noticed that in some circumstances ALIKE1 is called
over and over with apparently irrelevant arguments (stuff like
(ALIKE1 0 '$%PI) iirc). Maybe we could get a constant-factor
speed-up by revising some basic functions.

>  If it's OK with everybody, I'll place this code in a new folder, say
>  /share/contrib/altsimp.

OK by me.

By the way, what are the simplifications that this code does?

best

Robert Dodier