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dkattimu 12
September 22 2007
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I realize that there is a small issue with maple. first I enter the following int(x^n,x) and I have the result x^(n+1)/(n+1) But this is correct only if I tell maple that n is not -1. Now I would that maple give a piecewise function as a solution to the above integral. Similarly, issue the command solve(sin(x)=0,x) and maple gives the answer 0. Well, that again is not right unless I specifically tell maple that I want my answer in [0,pi/2]. The same issue arises with other computations too. The CAS, Mupad 4.0 handles each of the above scenarios correctly. My guess is I might have to do some extra work in maple 11 to get generalized results but I believe mathematically, a general result should be the default unless otherwise specified by the user- unless of course it is not practical. At any rate, I think this is something maple could easily be able to improve on and include in later releases.
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