Integration issue on maxima-5.17.0 ; appears to be platform-independent, and changed from prior versions.
Subject: Integration issue on maxima-5.17.0 ; appears to be platform-independent, and changed from prior versions.
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:53:19 -0700
On 1/22/09, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.hansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> (%i1) integrate(r^(-3),r,R,inf);
> Is R positive, negative, or zero?
>
> positive;
> Integral is divergent
Observed in 5.17.1, but not in current build from cvs, so I guess it is fixed.
I'll throw in a test case to make sure it stays fixed.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Robert Dodier