cas complex tests
- Subject: cas complex tests
- From: Barton Willis
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:29:55 -0600
-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>The?wrong?result?-4/3?of?the?first?example?integrate(sqrt((x^2-2*x +1)/x),x,0,1)?is?an?old?problem.?
Trace simpexpt and evaluate integrate(sqrt(x - 2 + 1/x,x,0,1). You'll see
1" Enter "?simpexpt[((x-1)^2/x)^(1/2),1,false]
1" Exit "?simpexpt(x-1)/sqrt(x)
Since 0 < x < 1 (presumably), this simplification seems bogus.
--Barton