Le 18/11/2010 16:03, Raymond Toy a ?crit :
> 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
>
I also get 1 for exponent 10001 but overflow for exponent 100001 with
version 5.20.1 :
(%i1) build_info();
Maxima version: 5.20.1
Maxima build date: 12:35 1/21/2010
Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Lisp implementation type: CLISP
Lisp implementation version: 2.47 (2008-10-23) (built 3457458111)
(memory 3473062541)
(%o1)
(%i2) factor((a-b)^10001 + (b-a)^10001 + 1);
(%o2) 1
(%i3) factor((a-b)^100001 + (b-a)^100001 + 1);
Exiting on signal 6
Eric
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