eigenvectors with maxima



On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:30 PM, V <vascotenner at gmail.com> wrote:

> (%i1 ) eigenvectors (matrix([1]));
>
> Could not find `EIGEN' using paths in file_search_maxima,system.

Hmm. Try this in a new Maxima session:

?mremprop ('eigenvectors, '?mexpr);
auto_mexpr ('eigenvectors, "eigen");
/* note above: "eigen" (string), not 'eigen (symbol) */

Then try your eigenvectors call. Does it succeed?

best

Robert Dodier