[Maxima] Integration issue on maxima-5.17.0 ; appears to be platform-independent, and changed from prior versions.

[Juan Pablo Romero Bernal]

Hi,

>>  (%i1) integrate(r^(-3),r,R,inf);
>>  Is  R  positive, negative, or zero?
>>
>>  positive;
>>  Integral is divergent
>
> Observed in 5.17.1, but not in current build from cvs, so I guess it is fixed.
> I'll throw in a test case to make sure it stays fixed.
> Thanks for pointing it out.

I've compiled Maxima from CVS (under CLISP) and the bug has fixed.

Bye,

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Grupo Linux Universidad Distrital
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