* methods for series expansion. */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
must_expand_basis = true;
}
+ bool exponent_is_regular = true;
+ try {
+ exponent.subs(r, subs_options::no_pattern);
+ } catch (pole_error) {
+ exponent_is_regular = false;
+ }
+
+ if (!exponent_is_regular) {
+ ex l = exponent*log(basis);
+ // this == exp(l);
+ ex le = l.series(r, order, options);
+ // Note: expanding exp(l) won't help, since that will attempt
+ // Taylor expansion, and fail (because exponent is "singular")
+ // Still l itself might be expanded in Taylor series.
+ // Examples:
+ // sin(x)/x*log(cos(x))
+ // 1/x*log(1 + x)
+ return exp(le).series(r, order, options);
+ // Note: if l happens to have a Laurent expansion (with
+ // negative powers of (var - point)), expanding exp(le)
+ // will barf (which is The Right Thing).
+ }
+
// Is the expression of type something^(-int)?
if (!must_expand_basis && !exponent.info(info_flags::negint)
&& (!is_a<add>(basis) || !is_a<numeric>(exponent)))