Barton:
I'm breathing easy...
The sum() method is now producing an error message for the 0^0
condition, which it should. When I originally reported I was having
problems (I was using Maxima-5.20.1), the sum() method was producing '0'
for that condition, which was giving me incorrect results. I should have
left out the part about the sum() method in my original posting for "Re:
[Maxima] Maxima-5.23.2" because that was partially fixed some time ago.
I just grabbed the input I had used in a message concerning "Re:
[Maxima] Maxima 5.22.0" to indicate that things were still the same for
Maxima 5.23.2. I should have been more discerning and only presented the
part that was incorrect.
I wasn't advocating a 0^0 --> 1 solution. Even my TI calculator doesn't
recognize that as valid. The input 0^i gives 0 as output before Maxima
knows anything about 'i' whereas my TI calculator produces an error
message telling me that 'i' is undefined. Once 'i' is assumed to be
'>=0' then 0^i in Maxima it again produces 0 for output as I think it
should NOT, but rather it should indicate an error for 0^0.
These "little" errors catch me napping periodically by producing
incorrect results that I have to chase down to discover if the problem
is in my math (more often than I want to admit) or Maxima's results.
Paul Bowyer
On 01/22/2011 12:48 PM, Barton Willis wrote:
> In short, don't hold your breath for a 00 --> 1 option.