Re: [Maxima-discuss] Maxima (lisp on Mac) - heap exhausted

[Gunter K. <gu...@pe...>]

Another question:
How do you calculate the powers? I get a different error message, if I Try.

On 23. April 2014 20:11:26 MESZ, Richard Fateman <fa...@be...> wrote:
>what do you plan to do with a number raised to the  power 60,000,000?
>
>If you are computing it in order to then reduce it modulo some other
>number,
>then there is a better way to do it.
>
>
>
>On 4/23/2014 6:34 AM, Scott Hughes wrote:
>>
>> Firstly, I'm not a programmer and only recently started to use Maxima
>
>> (command line). I don't know anything about lisp. I'm running Maxima 
>> on a Mac but also on a PC through Windows. Both are the command line 
>> version.
>>
>> I only need to use Maxima for a few basic operations, primarily small
>
>> numbers raised to large (at least 8) exponents. Aside from that, I'm 
>> using the round and asksign commands.
>>
>> I'm encountering "heap exhausted" errors once my exponents get beyond
>
>> about 60 000 000 and have looked in manual and forums for help. There
>
>> is reference to changing heap size but I didn't understand the
>command 
>> or even how to enter it. Can anyone help me with very explicit 
>> instructions ?  I'm not concerned with the length of time the 
>> calculations take, just don't want them to crash before they
>complete.
>>
>>
>
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