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Article #1016Re: mma big bad bug
From: Harvey Rutt
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:52
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 16:52
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In <1993Jan5.153704.2319@mail.cornell.edu> rz10@cornell.edu (Ray Zimmerman) writes: >In article <1993Jan5.145612.11165@Arco.COM> , jrowney@arco.com writes: >>>Here is a bizzarre mma bug. Try entering: >>> >>>Pi*Sqrt[Pi]/(2*3*Sqrt[2]) >>> >>>This is very bad. If anyone knows what is going on, >>>I would like to hear from them. >>> >>>Brett >>> >> >>Quite bizarre -- Mathematica just seems to stop dead in its tracks! >> >>Mac IIfx, MMA 2.102 >Hmmm, me too! >Mac IIci, MMA 2.102 Me too!! MMA2.0/Windows 3.1 486PC with 16MB So its not machine dependant. Harvey Rutt Sothampton UK >::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Ray Zimmerman \ 397 Theory Center, Electrical Engineering > \ Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 > Ray-Zimmerman@cornell.edu \ Phone: 607-254-8819 Fax: 607-255-9072 >::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > "The number you have dialed is imaginary. > Rotate phone 90 degrees and try again."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!sot-ecs!hnr From: hnr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Harvey Rutt) Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic Subject: Re: mma big bad bug Message-ID: <14073@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: 6 Jan 93 16:52:07 GMT References: <15326.2b48512a@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan5.153704.2319@mail.cornell.edu> Sender: news@ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: louis