Re: ezunits fundamental_units apparently broken in Maxima 5.49.0

Robert Dodier <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 14:34:11 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mathematics.maxima.general
Message-ID <CAAsY_sRstv76WvO5ZmtLFSpyAiLy-VJOSX7TRxLMV56w7yo2Mg@mail.gmail.com>
Oh, never mind, I see that you posted a followup message which I
missed before. All is well.

Robert


On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM Robert Dodier <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael, what does build_info(); report?
>
> best,
>
> Robert
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM Michael Soegtrop via Maxima-discuss
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Maxima List Readers,
> >
> > with latest Maxima the ezunits fundamental_units function doesn't work
> > as expected any more - it did work last time I tried it (which is a
> > longer while back - maybe 2 years). I am using ezunits very frequently
> > but only rarely in situations which need manual simplification using
> > fundamental_units.
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > (%i1)    load(ezunits)$
> >
> > (%i2)    fundamental_units(1`N);
> > (%o2)    (kg*m)/s^2
> >
> > (%i3)    fundamental_units(1`J)
> > (%o3)    fundamental_units(1 ` J)
> >
> > (%i4)    fundamental_units(1`Pa);
> > (%o4)    kg/(m*s^2)
> >
> > (%i5)    fundamental_units(1`W);
> > (%o5)    fundamental_units(1 ` W)
> >
> > (%i6)    fundamental_units(1`V);
> > (%o6)    fundamental_units(1 ` V)
> >
> > (%i7)    fundamental_units(1`Ohm);
> > (%o7)    fundamental_units(1 ` Ohm)
> >
> > (%i8)    1`N*m``J;
> > (%o8)    1 ` J
> >
> > For many units it just returns a noun form - but it apparently knows the
> > units. Am I missing something?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
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