[Maxima] Simplifying gamma distributions

[Dan]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Lindsay Keegan wrote:

> gamma(a+1)/gamma(a) and maxima keeps spitting out
> gamma(a+1)/gamma(a) but it should equal a.

You could try setting the option

gamma_expand:true ;

then doing

gamma(a+1)/gamma(a) ;