We got a bug report in Sage (an error raised) which led to the
following experiment.
(%i1) %e^(y=x);
y = x
(%o1) %e
(%i2) log(y=x);
(%o2) log(y) = log(x)
I know that Maxima is very careful (or at least usually is) with
automatic simplification of things involving exponents, but I'm trying
to think of what interpretation the first result would have other than
%e^y=%e^x.
If there isn't, then this should be simplified; if there is, then
we'll be sure to figure out how to fix the error while leaving that
interpretation as Maxima has it.
Thanks for any input!
Karl-Dieter