1 Maxima 5.14.0 change log
5 Backwards-incompatible changes:
7 * Maxima strings are now Lisp strings (not Lisp symbols)
9 * Change name of quotient operator from "//" to "/"
11 * Regularize return values of dgeev and dgesvd in lapack
16 * share/contrib/gf: Galois fields
18 * share/contrib/fourier_elim: solve inequalities via Fourier elimination
20 * share/contrib/fresnel: Fresnel integrals
22 * share/contrib/unwind_protect: programming construct to catch errors
24 * share/draw/implicit3d: implicit surfaces by the marching cubes algorithm
29 * Bigfloat %pi via Chudnovsky series and %e via modified Taylor series
31 * share/contrib/sarag: new version
33 * share/contrib/ezunits: units conversion capability
35 * share/contrib/numericalio: partial reads, binary float input
37 * share/matrix/eigen.mac: gramschmidt accepts optional inner product
39 * share/numeric/romberg: evaluate arguments as an ordinary function
41 * share/draw: enhancements
43 * Bug fixes and updates in differential equations
45 * share/tensor/ctensor: nonsymmetric metrics
47 * Minor bug fixes in TeX output
49 * Minor enhancements in Maxima->Lisp translation
51 * Category system in English-language html documentation
53 * Additional documentation
55 * Russian translation of reference manual in progress
57 * Various unnumbered bug fixes
60 Bug fixes not otherwise mentioned:
62 * 1834217: limit w.r.t. subscripted variable => internal error
64 * 1827488: Not assuming not equal to
66 * 1805179: fatal error: Integral calculation failure
68 * 1778796: integrate( (x^3+1)/(x^4 + 4*x + 1), 0, 1)
70 * 1764114: signum misses simp rule
72 * 1707955: transpose noun / verb confusion
74 * 1704583: problem with limit at zero different from each side
76 * 1687332: pochhammer of bfloat
78 * 1682435: taylor of rat(factor(1+x)) gives internal error
80 * 1665657: limit fails to find easy limit
82 * 1659946: Lisp error on solve
84 * 1654602: limit(%e^b*erf(x),x,inf) asks sign(b)
86 * 1650226: Bind stack overflow for factor 7th degree
88 * 1641062: limit allows non-symbol variable and gives nonsense results
90 * 1606731: limit of algebraic when algebraic : true
92 * 1606304: limit with subscripted variable error
94 * 1594977: limit(n/(n^2+1), n, -inf)
96 * 1528607: limit(a^x,x,inf) can't solve for a : abs(a) < 1
98 * 1498047: limit(1/x, x, -infinity)
100 * 1479409: Maxima thinks pochhammer is real
102 * 1203443: taylor about minf
104 * 1042244: gfactor(a^4+b^4) fatal error
106 * 923407: limit(atan(sqrt(x))/sqrt(x),x,0) wrong
108 * 792862: factor(r^2-3*r+3,a^3+1) fatal error
110 * 701628: taylor(x^2,x,minf,2) -- wrong sign
112 * 696818: Taylor internal error (rat problem?)
114 * 696804: factor FAILS on polynomial !!!
116 * 681191: gfactor(x^4-y^4); crashes
118 * 663873: taylor / fixes