Maxima cannot calculate the following limit:
limit(abs(sin(x)/x),x,0); --> unevaluated
but it can calculate the following limits:
limit(abs(sin(x)/x),x,0,minus); --> 1
limit(abs(sin(x)/x),x,0,plus); --> 1
Is this a bug?
Franco Buratti (Italy)
bufranz@hotmail.com
Maxima version: 5.9.2
Maxima build date: 9:5 10/12/2005
host type: i686-pc-mingw32
lisp-implementation-type: GNU Common Lisp (GCL)
lisp-implementation-version: GCL 2.6.7
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Yes, this is a bug.
It should be fixed in CVS.