Yes Maxima's unsigned inf is converted to Sage's unsigned inf. And: sage: unsigned_infinity Infinity
versus sage: +Infinity +Infinity So you really got unsigned inf first. BTW, SymPy names it zoo which I like. On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:48:48 AM UTC+2, john_perry_usm wrote: > > I decided to dig further. Maxima's documentation > <http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/maxima_singlepage.html#SEC93> > contains information that Sage's docs lack: > > infinity (complex infinity) is returned when the limit of the absolute >> value of the expression is positive infinity, but the limit of the >> expression itself is not positive infinity or negative infinity. >> > > That explains it. I guess that if a Maxima user sees infinity, then s/he > knows to do something more to resolve whether it's inf or minf. But: > > 1. Should Sage's documentation include this, as well? > 2. Is there some way in Sage to distinguish Maxima's complex infinity > from Sage's +infinity, the way Maxima itself does? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
