Re: [Maxima-discuss] more about BPROG, was: gcd(1/(x^(2/3)+1), x^(1/3)), algebraic; loops forever

[Robert D. <rob...@gm...>]

On 2018-05-04, Michel Talon <ta...@lp...> wrote:

> rat(1/(x^(2/3)+1)), algebraic;     hangs in bprog

For the record, the current version of Maxima (after patching BPROG to
give up instead of looping) returns 1/((x^(1/3))^2+1) in this case.

> grind(ratsimp(1/(x^(2/3)+1))), algebraic;
>
> -((-x^(4/3))+x^(2/3)-1)/(x^2+1)$

Current version of Maxima returns same output for this case.

best,

Robert Dodier