regression in maxima 5.17 with limit



>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Abshoff
<michael.abshoff at googlemail.com> writes:

    >> I think PARTITION splits EXP into parts, the first which is
    >> independent of VAR.  So I don't know why we need to compute
the sign
    >> of that.

 
   I think in this example:

          limit(a*x,x,inf)

    you need to know the sign of a before computing the result.

   Also limit(a*f(x)*b*g(x),x,inf),

 as you don't know whether limit f(x) or limit g(x) = inf,
?you ask the sign of a and b.
?