Re: Typesetting bug
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg96464] Re: [mg96405] Typesetting bug
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:08:43 -0500 (EST)
- References: <14647374.1234516890066.JavaMail.root@m02>
I would say that it's a bug. Also you shouldn't have to put parentheses around the first max^n. It's as if Mathematica is using 'max' internally in such a way to conflict with user expressions. They also use 'comment' internally and let it leak out. David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ From: replicatorzed at gmail.com [mailto:replicatorzed at gmail.com] Dear Group, I don't know whether this "feature" is widely known or not, but it surely gave me an hour of scratching my head, buried deep inside a calculation: In[7]:= n = .5; x = 1; ax = 1; {(ax^n), x^n, ax^n - x^n} Out[10]= {1, 1, 0} In[11]:= max = 1; {(max^n), x^n, max^n-x^n} Out[12]= {1, 1, -1} This inconsistency happens only if exponents are typed in as real superscripts with Ctrl+^. A FullForm reveals an underlying Times in the last case, which ultimately is responsible for the wrong answer. Furthermore, max^n does not work as intended if typed and evaluated in one call, as follows: max <Ctrl+^> n <enter> x <Shift+Enter> because it is interpreted as a product of max^n and x. Istvan Zachar