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Article #984Re: mma big bad bug
From: Carsten Schultz
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 17:26
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 17:26
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In article <1993Jan5.145612.11165@Arco.COM> jrowney@arco.com writes:
> In article <15326.2b48512a@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
> vandesande@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu 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
>
Let's say it like its is.
Mathematica 2.0 for NeXT
Copyright 1988-91 Wolfram Research, Inc.
-- NeXT graphics initialized --
In[1]:= Pi*Sqrt[Pi]/(2*3*Sqrt[2])
$IterationLimit::itlim: Iteration limit of 4096 exceeded.
3
Pi
Sqrt[---]
8
Out[1]= Hold[---------]
3
Same thing with Mma 2.1. Well, at least the result is correct :-)
Carsten
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