Re: Bug in Coefficient function?
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- Subject: [mg6888] Re: [mg6831] Bug in Coefficient function?
- From: Richard Finley <trfin at fiona.umsmed.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 02:31:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Jay, The coefficient of 2*t^(2+s) + 3*t^s = (3 + 2*t^2) * t^s IS (3 + 2*t^2 ) with respect to the term t^s, so there is no error. regards, RF At 02:33 AM 4/22/97 -0400, you wrote: >Is the following behavior for the Coefficient function a bug >in Ver3.0? It worked fine in Ver2.2. > > >In[3]:= >Coefficient[2*t^(2 + s) + 3*t^s, t^s] > >Out[3]= >3 + 2*t^2 >This is incorrect, it should be 3. > >In[5]:= >Coefficient[2*t^(2 + s) + 3*t^s, t^(2+s)] > >Out[5]= >2 >This is correct. > >Any help on this would be appreciated! > >Thanks, > >Jay H. Wolkowisky > > >