It seems that Maxima in Sage doesn't do some simplifications that plain Maxima does, why is this and how can this be fixed?
;;; Loading #P"/release/sage-5.7-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/local/lib/ecl/sb-bsd-sockets.fas" ;;; Loading #P"/release/sage-5.7-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/local/lib/ecl/sockets.fas" ;;; Loading #P"/release/sage-5.7-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/local/lib/ecl/defsystem.fas" ;;; Loading #P"/release/sage-5.7-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/local/lib/ecl/cmp.fas" Maxima 5.29.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net using Lisp ECL 12.12.1 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) abs(cos(t))^2; 2 (%o1) cos (t) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sage Version 5.7, Release Date: 2013-02-19 | | Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. | | Type "help()" for help. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sage: maxima('abs(cos(t))^2;') abs(cos(t))^2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
