Robert Dodier wrote: > On Mar 12, 2:54 pm, Mike Hansen <mhan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Maxima 5.17posthttp://maxima.sourceforge.net >> Using Lisp SBCL 1.0.18.debian >> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. >> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. >> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. >> (%i1) limit(2*9.81*(t^2-1)/(t-1),t,1); >> (%o1) 39.2400016784668 >> > > OK, that's good news, however it appears that 9.81 > has been parsed as a single-precision float (to guess > by the number of correct digits in the result). > Maxima is supposed to read floats as double precision. > What does :lisp *read-default-float-format* report? > > Thanks for your help, > > Robert Dodier > Ok, this is what my maxima makes... Maxima 5.13.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
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