Re: odd result with complex / numerical v:(-1)^(%i*%pi)^(-1)
Raymond Toy <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:52:51 -0700
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On 4/28/26 12:28 PM, Richard Fateman wrote: > v:(-1)^(%i*%pi)^(-1); > > realpart(v); > v,numer,float; > realpart(%); > %,numer; > I think this is just one of the long list of quirks in how numer and float are treated. I remember discussions about this on the list, probably from Stavros and others. I don’t think we ever came to a conclusion on how this is supposed to work. ​ _______________________________________________ Maxima-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss