[Maxima-bugs] [ maxima-Bugs-593344 ] limit(abs(infinity)) strange result (was: infinite loop)

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Bugs item #593344, was opened at 2002-08-09 22:14
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Category: Lisp Core - Limit
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Stavros Macrakis (macrakis)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: limit(abs(infinity)) strange result (was: infinite loop)

Initial Comment:
limit(abs(infinity)) appears to get into an infinite loop.


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>Comment By: Raymond Toy (rtoy)
Date: 2006-11-08 22:14

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Current CVS returns infinity.  That seems right.

Closing this bug.

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Comment By: Robert Dodier (robert_dodier)
Date: 2005-08-02 01:48

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Well, I don't see an infinite loop, but I do see this:

(%i3) limit(abs(infinity));
(%o3) 'limit(abs(?foo),?foo,infinity)

Maybe this is actually OK ?? Not sure.

Maxima version: 5.9.1.1cvs
Maxima build date: 10:5 7/28/2005
host type: i686-redhat-linux-gnu
lisp-implementation-type: CLISP
lisp-implementation-version: 2.33.2 (2004-06-02)

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