Just found the answer - by reading the doc... ;-)

I understand that the singular point is where dp/dx=dp/dy=0, which is true
in (0,0). I guess this is an issue for the plotting algorithm...

Francesco

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Francesco Pedulla' <[email protected]>wrote:

> Dear all,
> I am a newcomer to Axiom, please pardon me if my question is trivial. Here
> follows the dialogue with Axiom I do not understand:
>
> (1) -> p:=((x**2+y**2)**2-x*y)
>
>          4     2 2          4
>    (1)  y  + 2x y  - x y + x
>                                                      Type: Polynomial
> Integer
>
> (2) -> draw(p=0,x,y,range==[0..0.5,0..0.5])
>
>    >> Error detected within library code:
>    singular pts in region of sketch
>
> I cannot see the singular point in "p". Any help?
>
> Francesco
>
>
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