Hello,
> In Maple one typically write f:=x->x if one means a function instead
> of an expression. Doing something similar in SAGE makes a *lot* of
> sense, so I don't object inherently to the lambda notation, although
> the default Python syntax ("lambda") is not intuitive to an "ordinary"
> math student. A nice solution might be to introduce an intuitive SAGE
> construction for functions. -- My $.02 (US $ so not as much lately as
> it used to be...)
Actually, now that I think about it, there is a "nice" way to create
the function in Sage which I completely forgot about.
sage: f(x) = x
sage: Midpoint_Riemann_Sums(0,5,f,1000)
12.5250000000000
I also put a patch up that make Sage work when you use "f = x". It
should get into the next release,
--Mike
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