Ed,
I found your case 2 curious. Please look at the attached
pdf file, it is a TeXmacs session.
Kostas
Edwin Woollett wrote:
> case 2: disagreement with a pattern
>
> (%i14) e3f(s):=
> block([ ],local(r4),
> define( r4(x), x!/(((x/4)!)^4 * 4^x)),
> [bfloat(r4(s)), r4(bfloat(s))] )$
>
> (%i15) for i thru 11 do print(i,e3f(i))$
>
> 1 [8.22424b-17,3.70386b-1]
> 2 [2.02642b-1,2.02642b-1]
> 3 [2.91763b-17,1.31398b-1]
> 4 [9.375b-2,9.375b-2]
> 5 [1.57905b-17,7.11142b-2]
> 6 [5.62895b-2,5.62895b-2]
> 7 [1.02074b-17,4.59703b-2]
> 8 [3.84521b-2,3.84521b-2]
> 9 [7.27794b-18,3.27769b-2]
> 10 [2.83699b-2,2.83699b-2]
> 11 [5.5217b-18,2.48675b-2]
>
> What am I missing??
>
> Ted Woollett
>
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