[Maxima] Lambert W function?

Robert Dodier robert.dodier at gmail.com
Tue May 20 23:00:39 CDT 2008


On 5/20/08, Viktor T. Toth <vttoth at vttoth.com> wrote:

>  But please bear with me while I play the Devil's advocate for a moment. This
>  gradef business works both ways. From the practical perspective of most
>  Maxima users, algebraic simplification is probably a lot more important than
>  having a derivative that avoids removable singularities. Is that not a
>  sufficient reason to define the "stock version" of the derivative of
>  Lambert's W like Maple does?

Oh, I don't have a preference as to the default version of the derivative.
I'm just saying that whatever it is, it should be changed by gradef instead
of a flag.

Robert


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