[Maxima-bugs] [maxima:bugs] Re: #4644 bfloat((x+1)/x includes unnecessary 1.0b0 factor

[David S. <tom...@us...>]

This error occurs after modifying `timesbigfloat` to not introduce the `1.0b0` factor.


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**[bugs:#4644] bfloat((x+1)/x includes unnecessary 1.0b0 factor**

**Status:** open
**Group:** None
**Labels:** bfloat nfloat 
**Created:** Wed Dec 03, 2025 07:15 PM UTC by Stavros Macrakis
**Last Updated:** Mon Dec 08, 2025 05:58 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


~~~
bfloat((x+2)/x) => (1.0b0*(x+2.0b0))/x
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What is the ``1.0b0`` factor doing there?

Set as priority 1 (which I hope means lowest, not highest) because this probably isn't doing any harm.



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