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diff --git a/ginac/pseries.cpp b/ginac/pseries.cpp
index 607360e757d451cc04981100f4978327932838b1..d799e62b132a576b23430298a2237b09b0b5eef7 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/pseries.cpp
+++ b/ginac/pseries.cpp
@@ -529,9 +529,10 @@ bool pseries::is_terminating() const
 ex basic::series(const relational & r, int order, unsigned options) const
 {
        epvector seq;
+       const symbol &s = ex_to<symbol>(r.lhs());
 
        // default for order-values that make no sense for Taylor expansion
-       if (order <= 0) {
+       if ((order <= 0) && this->has(s)) {
                seq.push_back(expair(Order(_ex1), order));
                return pseries(r, seq);
        }
@@ -540,8 +541,7 @@ ex basic::series(const relational & r, int order, unsigned options) const
        numeric fac = 1;
        ex deriv = *this;
        ex coeff = deriv.subs(r, subs_options::no_pattern);
-       const symbol &s = ex_to<symbol>(r.lhs());
-       
+
        if (!coeff.is_zero()) {
                seq.push_back(expair(coeff, _ex0));
        }