Re: [Maxima-discuss] root_by_bisection

[Kris K. <kat...@gm...>]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 03:50:54PM +0000, Stern, Michael (NIH/NIA/IRP) [E] via Maxima-discuss wrote:
> Where did this function go?  It still shows up on apropos but has no info and returns a noun form.  It works in Macsyma.
> 
> (%i1)      x^(1.1)-2*x;
> (%o1)     x^1.1-2*x
> (%i2)      root_by_bisection(%o1,x,1.,2000.);
> (%o2)     root_by_bisection(x^1.1-2*x,x,1,2000)
> (%i3)      describe(root_by_bisection);
>   No exact match found for topic `root_by_bisection'.
> 
>   Try `?? root_by_bisection' (inexact match) instead.
> 
> (%o3)     false
> (%i4)      apropos("bisection");
> (%o4)     [bisection,root_by_bisection]

Do you see this in a fresh Maxima session?  Symbols you introduce affect
the results of apropos:

(%i1) apropos ("bisect");
(%o1) []

(%i2) cool_bisection_function_without_args ();
(%o2) cool_bisection_function_without_args()

(%i3) apropos ("bisect");
(%o3) [cool_bisection_function_without_args]

Cheers,
Kris Katterjohn