x' times O[x]?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg3672] x' times O[x]?
- From: bruck at mtha.usc.edu (Ronald Bruck)
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:57:47 -0500
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
A student has just pointed out a strange behavior of Mathematica with the
Series command. It can be exemplified by:
The answer which Mathematica returns is
Or:
which returns
(3)
(0) 2 3
(0)' + ((0)' + (0)'') x + ((0)' + (0)'' + ------) x + O[x]
2
Can anybody explain what's going on here? Trace doesn't seem to help.
--Ron Bruck
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