Bug#707596: maxima: 1000!^0.01 produces i.nfE+142498684

2014-01-20 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
The problem is also present in the latest maxima (5.32.1-1): $ maxima Maxima 5.32.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.10 (a.k.a. GCL) ... (%i1) 1000!^0.01; (%o1)i.nfE+6166368 I am happy to report it upstream. Actually, I just did:

Bug#707596: maxima: 1000!^0.01 produces i.nfE+142498684

2013-09-05 Thread Camm Maguire
forwarded 707596 max...@math.utexas.edu thanks Sanjoy Mahajan writes: > Package: maxima > Version: 5.30.0-4 > Severity: normal > > Here's a transcript: > > $ maxima > > Maxima 5.30.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net > using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (a.k.a. GCL) > Distributed und

Bug#707596: maxima: 1000!^0.01 produces i.nfE+142498684

2013-05-09 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Package: maxima Version: 5.30.0-4 Severity: normal Here's a transcript: $ maxima Maxima 5.30.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (a.k.a. GCL) Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelt