I am currently adding a section on solving problems to the "SAGE Programming For Newbies" book and I would like to propose some enhancements to the SymbolicEquation class.
The approach I am taking with the problem solving examples is to show how to use SAGE to solve a problem semi-manually and then how to solve it as automatically as possible (I have found that the semi-manual examples are often helpful for high school students who are required to learn traditional manual problem solving techniques). In the semi-manual example sections, I am finding that having an expand() method and a factor() method in the SymbolicEquation class would be helpful. It appears that these methods would simply need to call their counterparts in the SymbolicArithmetic objects that are assigned to the _left and _right instance variables. Also, I think it would be helpful to allow the SymbolicArithmetic objects that are assigned to the _left and _right instance variables to be made accessible individually. One reason for this is to allow them to be expanded or factored independently from each other. Thoughts? Ted --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
