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From: "Mattias Engdegård" <mattiase@acm.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com>
Cc: 41223@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41223: 28.0.50; Calc gives wrong determinant for some matrices with symbolic variables
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 14:58:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FFA84787-DD97-48D9-B20E-D7E9407A0764@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABczVwd1WCxum_URtS7=hpV40FsuTGoBjqC+u53-vSfFzfq2Mg@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you for reporting this. If Calc cannot compute something, at least it shouldn't lie.

In this case I'm tempted to apply the expedient below. Would that suffice for you?

--- a/lisp/calc/calc-mtx.el
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-mtx.el
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ math-do-matrix-lud
                k (1+ k)))
        (setcar (nthcdr j (nth i lu)) sum)
        (let ((dum (math-lud-pivot-check sum)))
-         (if (Math-lessp big dum)
+         (if (or (math-zerop big) (Math-lessp big dum))
              (setq big dum
                    imax i)))
        (setq i (1+ i)))






  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-13 12:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-12 23:24 bug#41223: 28.0.50; Calc gives wrong determinant for some matrices with symbolic variables Mauro Aranda
2020-05-13 12:58 ` Mattias Engdegård [this message]
2020-05-13 22:15   ` Mauro Aranda
2020-05-14  8:43     ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-05-14  9:56       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-05-14 11:49         ` Mauro Aranda
2020-05-14 11:41       ` Mauro Aranda

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