[sage-support] Re: Show intermediate steps for solve(), diff(), integral(), etc...
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
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[sage-support] Re: Show intermediate steps for solve(), diff(), integral(), etc...
> 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!
- kcrisman
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