Hi,

This more a warning to focus your attention on a specific point than a true question.
 

I submit you this test case which works in Maple 2015 and Maple 2016 but not in Maple 2018.

In a few words:

• let X and Y two independant random variables with respective distributions Normal(mu__x, sigma__x) and  
  Normal(mu__y, sigma__y)
   
• let Z := q -> cos(q)
   
• You can easily verify that Maple can compute the formal expression of Mean(Z(X)) and Variance(Z(X))
  (which means that it could compute Z(X+Y) for X+Y is just another gaussian RV)
   
• What I found is that:
  1. Mean(Z(X+Y)) returns same expressions in Maple 2015 and Maple 2016, but a different one in Maple 2018.
     Luckily the later is more readable than the former ones, and closer to the one of Mean(Z(U))  where U=X+Y is the RV of distribution Normal(mu__x+mu__y, sqrt(sigma__x^2+sigma__y^2))
     This suggest that the integration algorithm has evolved somewhere in between Maple 2016 and Maple 2018
      
  2. While Maple 2015 and Maple 2016 return an evaluated result for Variance(Z(X+Y)) Maple 2018 fails.
      

Can this "failure" be fixed by some adhoc option of Variance?
Or could it come from a "regression" in the implementation of this procedure (or of the underlying int procedure) in Maple 2018?

PS: I did not try to compute Variance(Z(X+Y)) from an explicit double integration

Stat_2015.mw

Hi,

In a recent post acer made me discover the joy of Typesetting to customize the outputs (acer, if you read this question: big thanks to you, really funny and powerful!)

I'm interested in using Typesetting for output coloring (for instance) but I would like that these outputs to be left justified.
Up to now I used to use printf to manage the outputs the way I wanted, but I failed combining Typesetting and printf.

Is it possible to exploit the capabilities of Typesetting in printf commands?
Or, at least, is it possible to "left-justify" print outputs programatically?

Thanks for your answers

Hi,

When you do this a := plot(1/x, x=0..1);  the figure contains a "smart" graph which extends roughly from 0 to 30 in the vertical direction.
(no discont=true nor smartview=false used here, numpoints set to its default falue)

If you use plottools:-getdata(a); you find that the vertical range is about  0..1800.
It seems to mean that smartview=true (the default setting) overrides the range determined from the values of discont and numpoints?
 

My question is: Is it possible to retrieve the vertical range that plot uses when it displays the graph?
 

Hi :-(

Just type this little set of lines (presently in Maple 2018, not checked for older versions)

restart:
with(Statistics):
N := ... Some integer value >= 2;  
X := RandomVariable(Binomial(N, 1/2)); 
plot(CDF(X, s), s=-1..N+1, gridlines=true, axis[1]=[gridlines=N+1]);

You will be horified by the results you obtain:
Whatever the value of n in [2, 5] the CDF is null for s < 0 (good), equal to 1 for s > N (good also) ... and equal to 1 in between

I didn't check with p = 0.5 instead of 1/2, neither for other values.
Surprinsingly the PDF is correct for any integer n



 

Hi,

Let a in ] 0, 1[  and  x real

Let  f := sin(x) / ( ( sin(a*x) )^a * ( sin((1-a)*x) )^(1-a) );

How can I find the limit of f as x goes to 0 ?
(limit, series, taylor don't work, wether I set or not assumptions on "a" [assume/assuming])

PS 1:  the limit is found once a numeric value is given to alpha

PS 2:  By simple calculations:
           sin(x) ~x  ;  sin(a*x) ~ ax  ; sin((1-a)*x) ~(1-a)x and thus
          ==>  f(x->0) ~ x / ( -a*x)^a * ((1-a)*x)^(1-a) )
                              = x / ( -a^a * (1-a)^(1-a) * x^(a+1-a)
                              = 1 /  ( -a^a * (1-a)^(1-a)  )