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inconsistency in simplify_radical #3520
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comment:1
Just for reference, the same with MMA6:
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comment:2
With the new symbolics and Maxima 5.19.1:
Maxima can now integrate the original one, but still gives the wrong simplification (?) of f. It seems to be choosing the wrong square root of negative one, as it were, since
So the real problem is in simplify_radical(). |
comment:4
One may want to check the latest CVS of Maxima, where I believe some definitions relating to this have changed. |
comment:5
Just updating. This is still in 5.20.1, but it's not clear whether this is really a bug, since radical simplifications will in their nature sometimes change which square root of -1 they use, and perhaps it's not possible to do so consistently across multiplication or division. Comments? |
comment:6
Maxima devs have been discussing some things related to this, so it could be worth checking whether this has changed again in their CVS. |
comment:7
What is really going on here is that |
comment:14
In which case perhaps this integration example could be added there. |
comment:15
Replying to @kcrisman:
There are a lot of examples of problems with I think this ultimately comes down to That was my reasoning anyway. If it will help get it reviewed faster, I'll add whatever you want =) |
comment:16
Well, I think that pointing out that things you might not think would be affected is not bad. |
comment:17
Ok, I've just added this example to the branch at #11912. |
comment:18
Sweet. |
Reviewer: Michael Orlitzky, Karl-Dieter Crisman |
This is a problem:
CC: @burcin @aghitza @orlitzky
Component: symbolics
Reviewer: Michael Orlitzky, Karl-Dieter Crisman
Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/3520
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