| Paste number 34366: | strange effect of dummy variables? |
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Maxima 5.10.0 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. (%i1) f(x):=sum(x^n/n!,n,0,inf); n x (%o1) f(x) := sum(--, n, 0, inf) n! (%i2) f(2*y); inf ==== n n \ 2 y (%o2) > ----- / n! ==== n = 0 (%i3) /* so far so good - but look here: */ f(2*x); inf ==== n n \ 4 x (%o3) > ----- / n! ==== n = 0
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(%i1) f(x):=sum(x^n/n!,n,0,inf);
n
x
(%o1) f(x) := sum(--, n, 0, inf)
n!
(%i2) f(2*y);
inf
==== n n
\ 2 y
(%o2) > -----
/ n!
====
n = 0
(%i3) /* so far so good - but look here: */
f(2*x);
inf
==== n n
\ 4 x
(%o3) > -----
/ n!
====
n = 0
(%i4) /* ??????? */