%solve(tan(x)=%e,x) fails

[rtoy]

Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-07 09:31:49 Created by macrakis on 2018-07-13 23:14:53 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3452

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load(to_poly_solve);
%solve(tan(x)=%e,x);

Unable to solve
Unable to solve
Unable to solve

and yet %solve(tan(x)=a,x) gives a perfectly good result.

Similarly for %solve(tan(x)=%e^(%i*%pi/5),x) etc.

Maxima version: "5.41.0a_dirty" Maxima build date: "2017-10-24 09:10:17" Host type: "x86_64-w64-mingw32" Lisp implementation type: "SBCL" Lisp implementation version: "1.3.18"

[rtoy]

Imported from SourceForge on 2024-07-07 09:31:50 Created by robert_dodier on 2018-08-18 19:59:57 Original: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3452/#120b

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• labels: --> solving equations, %solve, to_poly_solve
• Description has changed:

Diff:

--- old
+++ new
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+~~~~
+load(to_poly_solve);
 %solve(tan(x)=%e,x);

 Unable to solve
 Unable to solve
 Unable to solve
+~~~~
+and yet `%solve(tan(x)=a,x)` gives a perfectly good result.

-and yet %solve(tan(x)=a,x) gives a perfectly good result.
-
-Similarly for %solve(tan(x)=%e^(%i*%pi/5),x) etc.
+Similarly for `%solve(tan(x)=%e^(%i*%pi/5),x)` etc.

 Maxima version: "5.41.0a_dirty"
 Maxima build date: "2017-10-24 09:10:17"