On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Kwankyu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Sage Version 3.2.1, Release Date: 2008-12-01                       |
> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information.        |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> sage: 2.2*exp(3)
> 2.2*e^3
> sage:
>
> This result is not expected. Is it? I think exp(3) should be converted
> to an approximate real.

For what it's worth, both Maple and Maxima have exactly the same behavior:

sage: !maxima
Maxima 5.16.3 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp CLISP 2.46 (2008-07-02)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) 2.2*exp(3)
;
                                          3
(%o1)                               2.2 %e



w...@sage:~$ maple
    |\^/|     Maple 10 (IBM INTEL LINUX)
._|\|   |/|_. Copyright (c) Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2005
 \  MAPLE  /  All rights reserved. Maple is a trademark of
 <____ ____>  Waterloo Maple Inc.
      |       Type ? for help.
> 2.2*exp(3);
                                                               2.2 exp(3)

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