\documentclass{article} \usepackage{axiom} \begin{document} \title{\$SPAD/src/input ode.input} \author{The Axiom Team} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} \eject \tableofcontents \eject \section{License} <>= --Copyright The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited 1996. @ <<*>>= <> --A bug when one one uses a diff.eq. with a free variable other than x. )set break resume y:=operator 'y deqx:= differentiate(y x,x,2)+differentiate(y x,x) +y x solve(deqx,y,x) --OK solve(deqx,y,x=0,[1]) --OK deqt:= differentiate(y t,t,2)+differentiate(y t,t) +y t solve(deqt,y,t) --OK solve(deqt,y,t=0,[1]) -- BUG! deqz:= differentiate(y z,z,2)+differentiate(y z,z) +y z solve(deqz,y,z) --OK solve(deqz,y,z=0,[1]) -- BUG! --I think the bug is in -- file odeef.spad -- constructor ODEEF -- function solve(diffeq:F,y:OP,center:EQ,y0:List F) --the second line of the body was -- kx:K:=kernel x --which uses uninitialised x. I think it should be -- kx:K:=kernel(retract(lhs(center))@SY) --as the line immediately below it. That change certainly fixes THIS bug! --Also, maybe a check should be made that this kx is indeed to be found --in the diffeq -- my system reports segmenttion violation if I do solve(deqt,y,x=0,[1]) @ \eject \begin{thebibliography}{99} \bibitem{1} nothing \end{thebibliography} \end{document}