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inconsistency with calculation of the derivative of a function with logarithm and decimal numbers
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Hi, I have encountered a problem when calculating the derivative of a function of decimal numbers and the natural logarithm. The problem occurs in geogebra classic 5 and the online classic app, but not in the downloadable app.
If I type a function given as 0.5x^2+ln(x) Geogebra accepts it as the same function as ½x^2+ln(x), but calculating the derivative functions returns two different functions as shown in this example (online version):
https://www.geogebra.org/cl....
It seems that something weird happens when using decimal numbers. But this has already been fixed in the download version of Classic 6. Is it possible to fix the online app as well?
The same problem 
Is this what you are seeing? GeoGebra works to 15 significant figures only if you enter decimals so I think it's OK
We may have an improvement coming for this, I'll check.
Also you can try the CAS Calculator if you want exact answers eg https://www.geogebra.org/ca...
Yes, that is what I'm seeing in Geogebra 5 and the online version. What confused me initially, is that Geogebra 6 download version returns the exact answer with the same setup, as shown below:
Anyway, thank you very much for your quick answer!
Should be fixed now, please try!
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