If I run x^2/x in SMC, the output is x. That is fine in some contexts (although the user should mentally add "x not equal to 0").
I'm dealing with rational functions with holes, and Sage is eliminating the hole. Of course, it would be very nice if my students would notice the hole themselves. Aaron On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:52:07 PM UTC-10, William Stein wrote: > > What happens if you just type x^2/x ? > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 3:35 PM Aaron Tresham <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there is a similar group to discuss issues with >> Maxima? (I think that's where my problem lies). >> >> When I do something like: >> >> solve(x^2/x==0,x) >> >> I expect no solutions, but Sage gives me one solution, x==0. I'm assuming >> Sage uses Maxima here, and Maxima simplifies the fraction before solving >> (and fails to check afterwards). I can catch things like this myself, but >> I'm not sure my students would notice (especially if a hole is hidden >> inside a complicated rational function). >> >> Thanks, >> Aaron >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-cloud" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/57f370bf-76ba-4bf5-8a20-8e1c0ba1201e%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/57f370bf-76ba-4bf5-8a20-8e1c0ba1201e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > > Best Regards, > William Stein > > CEO, SageMath, Inc. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-cloud" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/948c7fc8-9ea2-4e3c-aa54-aecfafaf7b35%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
