Hello,
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The functions quotient, remainder or divide, according to the manual, are operations upon polynomials.
Ok, 5 and 2 are polynomials of degree 0. But quotient(5, 2) = 2, the _integer_ quotient (and I believe
it's the only straightforward way to get the integer quotient).
Now if you try quotient(5/3, 2), you get 5/6, the polynomial quotient. Rather strange, and that makes
it very easy to write buggy code when working with polynomials : some explanation in the manual would
be very appreciated !
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Btw, while I'm in documentation concerns, I didn't find any reference to the function inverse_erf,
although it's perfectly known by maxima : you can "diff" it, evaluate to floatnum or bfloat, etc.
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Jean-Claude Arbaut
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