On 10/11/11 10:13 AM, kcrisman wrote:
I'm looking for a way to show the intermediate steps Sage goes through when evaluating an expression. To give a very simple example:x=var('x') solve(x*x+6x+8,x) evaluates to: [x == -2, x == -4] However I would like the option to see the intermediate steps, thus something like: (x+2)(x+4)=0 [x == -2, x == -4]Sage has a lot of tools in it, but it does not have this, nor is it likely to have for some time, as I do not believe anyone is working on this. I suppose if one of the M's has it, adding such functionality - which would probably *not* be the default - would fall under the mission statement, though. There do exist such programs, some of which are free (of charge, not necessarily open-source), such as http://www.xyalgebra.org/. I do not know how good they are, but you might as well try them. Good luck, and sorry we cannot currently help with this!
Wolfram Alpha does a nice job of showing steps... Jason -- 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
