01:39 -!- HaraldG(n=rldprog@g4v1.g4.wien.funkfeuer.at) has joined #maxima 01:44 eggauah: Quick and dirty hack: ?length(?car(x[y])) vs ?length(?car(x(y))) 01:46 The better solution would be to write something in lisp. 02:35 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-23b-94-133.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 02:58 -!- stw(n=stw@e176178225.adsl.alicedsl.de) has joined #maxima 03:14 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-5-77-122.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 03:17 I got my script to work by using mapatom 03:18 but I don't think that it is a very general solution 04:08 -!- mogunus(n=marco@66.251.27.48) has joined #maxima 04:08 -!- starseeker(n=CY@c-68-33-217-173.hsd1.md.comcast.net) has joined #maxima 04:08 Hi, I'm having trouble using maxima to solve for the intersection of two lines. 04:09 It gives me one solution, but not the other two. 04:12 solve([x*x*8,x*64*log(x)],[x]); 04:12 is what I'm using 04:21 -!- turn-omg_(n=turn-omg@i121-118-133-157.s10.a018.ap.plala.or.jp) has joined #maxima 06:35 -!- stw_(n=stw@e176162108.adsl.alicedsl.de) has joined #maxima 09:20 -!- Prax01D10D(n=Prax01D@149.99.96.222) has joined #maxima 09:21 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@149.99.96.222) has joined #maxima 11:52 mogunus: you could try using find_root 12:36 -!- eggauah(n=daniel@201.82.9.163) has joined #maxima 14:44 faroe: ah, thanks very much! 14:44 that works. 14:44 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@tor58-4-74-111.dynamic.rogerstelecom.net) has joined #maxima 15:39 -!- szymon(n=szymon@cbj231.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) has joined #maxima 16:14 I'm having trouble figuring out from the documentation, how do I get an appromximation as a float of something? I've tried using float(%) but it gives me a floating point overflow. 16:16 Or an approximation as an int would be fine. 16:19 (if this channel is basically only for development, I'll stop asking noob questions here) 16:48 -!- turn-omg(n=turn-omg@FLH1Aah024.fki.mesh.ad.jp) has joined #maxima 17:07 tried numer? 17:08 eggauah: ah, no 17:08 number evaluates to false 17:09 sorry, numer. 17:09 mogunus, you should use it like this exp, numer; 17:10 That also gives me a floating point overflow. 17:11 Possibly I'm just being stupid. 17:12 Is it unreasonable to expect it to deal with numbers like 10^6? 17:12 Can I have it give me answers in scientific notation? 17:19 mogunus, AFAIK maxima can work with arbitrary precision 17:20 mogunus, on getting answers in scientific notation... I've seen somewhere a printing function that has various formatting options, similar to C's printf 17:21 interesting 17:21 sigh 17:21 I've never used a CAS before 17:22 I'm new to this stuff also 17:22 And I really want to learn on maxima, because common lisp is my favorite programming language 17:25 do you know if there is a shortcut to expand a list in a function call so if I have a function f(x,y) and a list [x,y] I can expand the list when calling the function 17:26 ummm, no 17:26 :-\ 19:47 -!- unenough(n=jfds@CBL217-132-95-27.bb.netvision.net.il) has joined #maxima 19:48 can maxima do a symbolic fourier transform? (not series) 19:54 and how do i get the fourier series of f? totalfourier returns a list of coefficients 19:55 not even a list, something weird 20:47 -!- Prax01D(n=Prax01D@149.99.85.61) has joined #maxima 21:02 -!- szymon(n=szymon@bzh193.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) has joined #maxima