(a-b)^odd+ (b-a)^odd --/--> 0

• Subject: (a-b)^odd+ (b-a)^odd --/--> 0
• From: Raymond Toy
• Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:03:00 -0500

On 11/18/10 9:03 AM, Barton Willis wrote:
> -----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
>> bonjour 
>> factor((a-b)^10001 + (b-a)^10001)  ---->  0 
>> jean 
> Thanks--I didn't think about factor. But
>
>  (%i5) factor((a-b)^10001 + (b-a)^10001 + 1);
>  Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
Interesting.  What version and lisp?  With the CVS version on cmucl, I
get 1.

Ray

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