{VERSION 2 3 "IBM INTEL NT" "2.3" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2D Math" -1 2 "Times" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "Hyperlink" -1 17 "" 0 1 0 128 128 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 } {CSTYLE "2D Comment" 2 18 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "2 D Output" 2 20 "" 0 1 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" 0 21 "" 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "Help Heading" -1 26 "" 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 } {PSTYLE "Text Output" -1 2 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "Courier" 1 10 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 }1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Warning " 2 7 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Error" 7 8 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 255 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 } {PSTYLE "Maple Output" 0 11 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }3 3 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "" 11 12 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 6 "Error:" }{TEXT -1 19 " di vision by zero\n" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 109 "In mathematics, divi sion by zero is not allowed. In Maple, an attempt to divide by zero p roduces this error." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 9 "sin(0) /0;" }}{PARA 8 "" 1 "" {TEXT -1 23 "Error, division by zero" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 111 "In some cases \+ when a division by zero results from evaluating some expression at a c ertain value of a variable " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "x" "I\"xG6\"" }{TEXT -1 66 ", what is really wanted instead is the limit of the expression as \+ " }{XPPEDIT 18 0 "x" "I\"xG6\"" }{TEXT -1 55 " approaches this value. \+ This may be obtained by using " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 5 "limit" }{TEXT -1 1 "." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 21 "limit(sin(x)/x, x=0); " }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#\"\"\"" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 109 "Sometimes a division by zero c an result when Maple fails to recognize early enough that some quantit y is 0. " }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 49 "series(p/((1-si n(x-p)^2 - cos(x+p)^2)), p = 0,3);" }}{PARA 12 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6# +)%\"pG*$,(\"\"\"F'*$-%$sinG6#%\"xG\"\"#!\"\"*$-%$cosGF+F-F.F.\"\"\",$ **,(F.F'F(F'F/F'F.F)F'F0F'F&F.\"\"%\"\"#-%\"OG6#F'\"\"$" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 12 "simplify(\");" }}{PARA 8 "" 1 "" {TEXT -1 42 "Error, (in simplify/trig) division by zero" }}}{PARA 0 " " 0 "" {TEXT -1 20 "When this occurs in " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "series" } {TEXT -1 142 " and related commands, you may be able to fix the proble m by changing the environment variable Testzero, whose value is the pr ocedure used in " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "series" }{TEXT -1 76 " to determin e when the leading coefficient is 0. By default this just uses " } {MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "normal" }{TEXT -1 1 "." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 15 "eval(Testzero);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#:6 #%\"OG6\"F&F&-%&evalbG6#/-%'normalG6#9$\"\"!F&F&" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 16 "You can replace " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "normal" }{TEXT -1 4 " by " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 8 "simplify" }{TEXT -1 24 " to get a stronger tes t." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 44 "Testzero:= proc(O) eva lb(simplify(O)=0) end:" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 6 "Since " } {MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "series" }{TEXT -1 9 " has the " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 8 "rem ember" }{TEXT -1 29 " option, if you try the same " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 " series" }{TEXT -1 131 " command again it will just remember the value \+ it computed before. To get it to try again, you can make it forget th e past values." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 24 "readlib(fo rget)(series);" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 49 "series(p/ ((1-sin(x-p)^2 - cos(x+p)^2)), p = 0,3);" }}{PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#+'%\"pG,$*&-%$sinG6#%\"xG!\"\"-%$cosGF)F+#\"\"\"\"\"%\"\"!-%\"OG 6#F/\"\"#" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 141 "There is also a bug in Release 4 that causes this error to occ ur in some integrals involving products of half-integer powers of line ar terms." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 35 "int((2*x+1)^(-3 /2)*x^(1/2),x=0..1);" }}{PARA 8 "" 1 "" {TEXT -1 32 "Error, (in int) d ivision by zero" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 66 "A work-around is to e xpress the integrand as a single square root." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 39 "F:= int(((2*x+1)^(-3)*x)^(1/2),x=0..1);" }} {PARA 11 "" 1 "" {XPPMATH 20 "6#>%\"FG,(*$\"\"$#\"\"\"\"\"##!\"\"F'*&F *F(-%#lnG6#,&*$F*F(\"\"&F&\"\"%F)#F)F4*&F*F(-F/6#F*F)#F,\"\")" }}}} {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 9 "See also:" }{TEXT -1 1 " " } {HYPERLNK 17 "forget" 2 "forget" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "in t" 2 "int" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "Integrals involving frac tional powers" 2 "Integrals_involving_fractional_powers" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "limit" 2 "limit" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "normal" 2 "normal" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "series" 2 "s eries" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "simplify" 2 "simplify" "" } {TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "Testzero" 2 "envvar" "" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 22 "Maple Advisor Database" }{TEXT -1 18 " \+ R. Israel, 1998" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}}{MARK "0 1 0" 40 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 }