On Dec 24, 8:13 am, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: Thanks for the reply. Here are some concerns.
> 1. Give the assumption it wants. It mentions this in the error message > (right above the question). Students in first semester calculus will not appreciate having to add the "assume" command. It will turn them away, especially since the assumption seem obvious (since they encounter this right after learning how to optimize and draw functions). > 2. Use nintegrate, which uses numerical integration techniques. > > sage: (sec(x)*tan(x)).nintegrate(x,0,pi/3) > (0.99999999999999956, 5.3650863533076041e-12, 21, 0) > > ***NOTE FOR DEVELOPERS*** Why is nintegrate/nintegral not in the > top-level commands??? > I would love to see nintegrate be a top-level command. If it were at the top level, then i would tell my students, "Any time you encounter an error with the integrate command, just add an "n" to the front of it and hit enter again." Is it simple to make nintegrate a top-level command? I would still like to see Sage be able to utilize Maxima to integrate trig functions without adding redundant assumptions, but having nintegrate as a top level command would greatly help students. Having to switch from integrate(f,x,a,b) to f.nintegrate(x,a,b) is not a simple obvious switch for beginning students. Thanks for the feedback. Should this thread be moved to the developer group to add nintegrate as a top-level command? Merry Christmas all, Ben -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
