Enrico Forestieri <for...@...> writes:
>
> Ken writes:
>
> > It does appear to be quite simple in its capabilities and not able to
> > handle even moderately complex formulas (exp(2)*exp(3)) in either
> > octave or maxima.
>
> Note that if you type exp(2) literally, LyX has to use some heuristics in
> order to know what you meant. Actually, it interprets "exp(2)" as "ex p(2)",
> i.e., "e" times "x" times "p(2)". You can help interpretation in several ways.
>
> 1. use \mathrm to tell LyX what the function name is:
> \mathrm{exp}(2)*\mathrm{exp}(3)
>
> 2. use a small space to separate the argument of the function:
> exp\,(2)*exp\,(3)
>
> 3. use the LaTeX function names:
> \exp(2)*\exp(3)
>
> 4. use standard math:
> e^2*e^3
>
> Nevertheless, this could be improved, of course, but heuristics can always
> fail. That said, failure or success also depends on the CAS used. Your
> particular example (without the corrective steps outlined above) works with
> both octave and maxima, but fails with Mathematica (I don't know what happens
> with maple).
>
Hi Enrico,
I re-tried suggestion #3:
\exp(2)*\exp(3)
and
\exp\left(2\right)*\exp\left(3\right)
which both suddenly worked on Windows with LyX 1.6.4 and Maxima 5.16.3. I am
not certain why as previous attempts failed.
The only difference is that I did a complete re-boot this morning on my machine.
Thanks!
Ken
