[sage-support] minor bug in time?

2007-12-15 Thread David Joyner
Hi: I wonder if the following behaviour indicates a bug? sage: time (4-2) --- type 'exceptions.NameError' Traceback (most recent call last) /mnt/drive_hda1/sagefiles/sage-2.9.alpha5/ipython console in module()

[sage-support] Re: sage question from alaska

2007-12-15 Thread William Stein
On Dec 15, 2007 10:04 AM, Todd Sformo wrote: Dear Dr. Stein, I just heard about Sage and am excited about trying it. I have a question: I work on overwintering physiology of arctic insects. To detect when they freeze, I hook up a thermocouple to the insect and lower the temperature.

[sage-support] Re: Does matrix work in sage -t mode?

2007-12-15 Thread Robert Miller
kcrisman, Have you tried putting from sage.matrix.constructor import matrix before M = matrix()? The problem is that on the Sage command line, a lot of things are imported for you, but modules such as DoNothing.py don't import anything. You have to say so explicitly. If you're using a function

[sage-support] Re: sage question from alaska

2007-12-15 Thread Marshall Hampton
Hi, I guess Todd was writing to you, and not sage-support, but I work on hibernating mammals, which gives me some overlapping interests. I would be interested in helping him do what he needs, which sounds fairly straightforward. Cheers, Marshall Hampton On Dec 15, 1:09 pm, William Stein

[sage-support] Re: sage question from alaska

2007-12-15 Thread Ted Kosan
William wrote: What I see then on the x-axis is time (recording every 5 seconds) and temperature (C) on the y-axis. Would Sage allow me to integrate the area under the curve? Yes, definitely snip Which function in SAGE would be best for doing this? Ted

[sage-support] Re: sage question from alaska

2007-12-15 Thread William Stein
On Dec 15, 2007 7:37 PM, Ted Kosan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William wrote: What I see then on the x-axis is time (recording every 5 seconds) and temperature (C) on the y-axis. Would Sage allow me to integrate the area under the curve? Yes, definitely snip Which function in SAGE