Dear Waldek,
Thanks a lot for your previous accurate reponse.
It seems you understand what I'm looking for,
and I hope understand how you want axiom computes.
> I want Axiom to produce mathematically correct results.
> [and use] algebraic interpretation otherwise we get wrong results.
> To handle conventions used in calculus we need higher
> level packages.
> But the case analysis may get messy (after all the problem is
> undecidable) and will have to give up (say return expression
> unevaluated).
For students I must have a minimal analysis point of view.
It's right, axiom can have both points of view with (many) domains.
1/ algebraic domains which are really right
and 2/ others domains for usual calculus, less perfect but more usual...
> This is impossible if you want to stay in a single domain.
> [I cut the two pretty examples with exp and log]
> So really each Axiom domain must implement its on simplifications.
I agree, I recognize I forget this notion when I began to study elemntry.spad.
> Have you thought how your work fits into Axiom design?
First I thought it was the aim of Expression.
But now I recognize it's perhaps a bad idea.
Hi Everybody !
Do you have any idea about calculus domain for easy computation
as Maple, mupad and other Texas pocket calculators ?
Do you have an .axiom.input for students and professors ?
By example my students don't know the minimal polynomial for algebraic number,
so the reponse true for this calculus is too curious :
[axiom] a := 3 + sqrt 5 ; test ((a^2)^(1/2)=-a) --- the reponse is true
So for theses computations I pefer to use RealClosure than AlgebraicNumber ;
and I expect to have a smaller axiom, but a consistent system.
Please, give me some advices !
Francois
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