[Maxima] factor ran out of primes

Andreas Eder andreas_eder at gmx.net
Thu Oct 2 10:21:21 CDT 2008


Hi Barton,

>>>>> "Barton" == Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> writes:

    Barton> (%i5) algsys([product(x-i,i,1,75)],[x]);
    Barton> Factor ran out of primes.

    Barton> Does an option variable control the number of primes? Is the default too
    Barton> small?

In factor.lisp there is a definition of smallprimes which
comprises the primes below  62. If  instead we use *small-primes*
(defined in  ifactor.lisp an comprising the primes below 10000)
this problem goes away.

I think this would be a rather unproblematic change. 
Any other opinions?

'Andreas

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