[LON-CAPA-users] features of maxima/loncapa
Jay Sullivan
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:45:30 -0600
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Unfortunately I do not have shell access on the server. We are running
2.6.2-2008020611 if that makes any difference.
Jay
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Gerd Kortemeyer <korte@lite.msu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Jay Sullivan wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> <problem>
>> <script type="loncapa/perl">
>> $zero=&cas('maxima',"find_root(x^2+3*x-100,x,-10,10)");
>> </script>
>> $zero<br/>
>> </problem>
>>
>>
> Yep, I copy-pasted the above onto our server ... and get
>
> 8.611874208078342
>
> Can you get a shell on your server? You could start Maxima by hand and see
> what happens:
>
> [www@phy1 ~]$ maxima
> Maxima 5.9.2.99rc1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
> Using Lisp SBCL 0.9.10
> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
> This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
> provides bug reporting information.
> (%i1) find_root(x^2+3*x-100,x,-10,10);
> (%o1) 8.611874208078342
> (%i2) quit();
> [www@phy1 ~]$
>
>
> - Gerd.
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Unfortunately I do not have shell access on the server. We are running 2.6.2-2008020611 if that makes any difference.<br><br>Jay<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Gerd Kortemeyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:korte@lite.msu.edu">korte@lite.msu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br>
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Jay Sullivan wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
<br>
<problem><br>
<script type="loncapa/perl"><br>
$zero=&cas('maxima',"find_root(x^2+3*x-100,x,-10,10)");<br>
</script><br>
$zero<br/><br>
</problem><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
Yep, I copy-pasted the above onto our server ... and get<br>
<br>
8.611874208078342<br>
<br>
Can you get a shell on your server? You could start Maxima by hand and see what happens:<br>
<br>
[www@phy1 ~]$ maxima<br>
Maxima 5.9.2.99rc1 <a href="http://maxima.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">http://maxima.sourceforge.net</a><br>
Using Lisp SBCL 0.9.10<br>
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.<br>
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.<br>
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()<br>
provides bug reporting information.<br>
(%i1) find_root(x^2+3*x-100,x,-10,10);<br>
(%o1) 8.611874208078342<br>
(%i2) quit();<br>
[www@phy1 ~]$<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
<br>
- Gerd.<br>
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