infinity correct maxima



Yes, I misunderstood.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Rich




------------Original Message------------
From: "Stavros Macrakis" <macrakis at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Richard Hennessy" <rvh2007 at comcast.net>
Cc: fateman at cs.berkeley.edu, "Barton Willis" <willisb at unk.edu>, "Maxima List" <maxima at math.utexas.edu>
Date: Sun, Aug-31-2008 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Maxima] infinity correct maxima
Rich,

I think you misread Barton's email.  He didn't say "infinitely correct" i.e. perfect but "infinity-correct" i.e. treats infinities correctly, so that inf-inf => und (not 0), etc.

               -s


On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Richard Hennessy <rvh2007 at comcast.net> wrote:

I would love to see the specifications for the infinitely correct Maxima that Barton is talking about.  Can you send them?

Rich