Tim Lahey wrote:
> 
> On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:55 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> 
>> 1) Some things 'fail' a test as they are now evaluated in Maxima. e.g.
>>
>>     sage: integral( exp(-x^2)*ln(x), x, 0, oo)
>> Expected:
>>     integrate(e^(-x^2)*log(x), x, 0, +Infinity)
>> Got:
>>     -1/4*(euler_gamma + 2*log(2))*sqrt(pi)
>>
>>
> 
> Is this the only integration test failure? Based upon the session in  
> your
> e-mail it looked like it. If it isn't, I'll try to find the appropriate
> Expected answers, if necessary.

I did not notice any others. Here is the full log

http://sagetrac.org/sage_trac/attachment/ticket/6709/test.log


>> I can imagine updating Maxima is going to take some people some
>> convincing, as I'm aware updates have suffered some problems. But it
>> also corrects some problems. It is also the only easy way to get  
>> Sage to
>> build on Solaris SPARC, as the latest ECL is the only one to build on
>> Solaris SPARC properly. But ECL can't be updated without updating
>> Maxima, due to a bug in Maxima.
>>
>> Dave
>>
> 
> I think updating Maxima is a good thing. I'd like to see closer tracking
> since there are a number of useful features that are being upgraded  
> (e.g.,
> integration). Solaris SPARC support provides another good impetus.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim.
> 
> ---
> Tim Lahey
> PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering
> University of Waterloo
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/timlahey
> 
> 
> > 
> 


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