When I ask Sage to solve a simple rational inequality it occasionally gives a wrong answer. For example, $$ \frac{x^2 - 9 }{x-3} \geq 0$$ is satisfied when $x \geq -3$ except at $x=3$, but Sage just gives $x \geq -3$. Here's the code I am using:
sage: solve((x^2-9)/(x-3) >= 0,x)
This is in Maxima.
Maxima 5.33.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp ECL 12.12.1
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(%i1) load("solve_rat_ineq");
(%o1) /Users/.../sage/local/share/maxima/5.33.0/share/solve\
_rat_ineq/solve_rat_ineq.mac
(%i2) solve_rat_ineq((x^2-9)/(x-3) >= 0);
(%o2) [[x >= - 3]]
That said, Maxima (and Sage and lots of other things) do simplify x^2/x to be just x, so I am not 100% sure it's not intended behavior. Anyway, I agree it would be better to not have the 3, so I've reported it at Maxima bug 2804.
Asked: 2014-08-19 23:46:36 +0100
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Last updated: Aug 21 '14
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