[Maxima] Mockmma

Richard Fateman fateman at cs.berkeley.edu
Sun Jun 28 16:48:14 CDT 2009


Sheldon Newhouse wrote:
> ..snip..
> MAXIMA> (load "init2.lisp")
>
> T
> MAXIMA> (tl)
> Mock-Mma (Sun-4) 1.7 (Jun-8-2009) [With pre-loaded data]
> Gnu General Public License
> -- Terminal graphics initialized --
> In[1] :=
> In[2] := Expand[(1+x)^2]
>
>                        2
> OUT[2] = EXPAND[(1 + X) ]
> In[3] := Solve[x^2-1==0,x]
>
>                            2
> OUT[3] = SOLVE[EQUAL[-1 + X , 0], X]
>
> What do I need to do?
>   

I think this result is correct. If you want the output to look different 
from the input,
you need to use commands that are implemented in Mockmma.  There is no 
expand or solve. Try Rat[ (1+x)^2+1].

I think various parts are not automatically loaded, e.g. simplify.






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