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Question: Why does Maple 2016.1 improperly treat x^2?

Question:Why does Maple 2016.1 improperly treat x^2?

IncorrectlySpelledZac 20 Maple 2016
syntax 2dmath
April 22 2016
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When experimenting with Maple 2016.1, I found several issues. One I have seen on MaplePrimes before (regarding "Error, incorrect syntax in parse: `;` unexpected (near 4th character of parsed string)" when evaluating an integral, for example, or trying to plot something), but another I have not seen - it may be related to the previous issue. Below is a document that contains some of the various errors I found. What is going on? It evaluates certain things correctly, but, in the integral, it treats "x^2" like a whole new variable (the integral of x^2 with respect to x from 0 to 2 it says is 2x^2, not 8/3). The same thing results in trying to plot x^2 (not shown), giving the same error if I were to say something like "plot(t,x=0..2)" - it cannot determine the plotting variable.
 

int(x, x = 1 .. 2)`` = 3/2NULL

int(x, x = 0 .. 2) = 2NULL

"(∫)[0]^(Pi)sin(x) ⅆx"Error, incorrect syntax in parse: `;` unexpected (near 4th character of parsed string)"(∫)[0]^Pisin(x) ⅆx"

int(`#msup(mi("x"),mn("2"))`, x = 0 .. 2) = 2*`#msup(mi("x"),mn("2"))`NULL

"(∫)[0]^(2 )(x)^(2) ⅆx"Error, incorrect syntax in parse: `;` unexpected (near 4th character of parsed string)"(∫)[0]^(2 )(x)^2 ⅆx"NULL

int(x*x, x = 0 .. 2) = 8/3``NULL

int(diff(x, x, x), x = 0 .. 2) = 0NULL

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Any ideas? Are the two things (the Error, incorrect syntax in parse: `;` unexpected (near 4th character of parsed string) message and the bad integral value) related?

 
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