Problem with integrate() (was: Re: What am I doing wrong with this cycle?)
Subject: Problem with integrate() (was: Re: What am I doing wrong with this cycle?)
From: Przemek Klosowski
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:22:05 -0400
Recently, Pyotr Ivanishin asked for help and it seems that his troubles
result from the following problem with integrate():
integrate(x^k,x);
Is k + 1 zero or nonzero?
nonzero;
(%o15) log(x)
(%i16) integrate(x^k,x);
Is k + 1 zero or nonzero?
zero;
(%o16) log(x)