[sage-support] How make show("some text") be LEFT ALIGNED instead of CENTERED?

2017-08-06 Thread Chris Seberino
How make show("some text") be LEFT ALIGNED instead of CENTERED? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To pos

[sage-support] How combine text (with and without Latex) and equations when printing?

2017-08-06 Thread Chris Seberino
How combine text (with and without Latex) and equations when printing? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

[sage-support] How change background color of this output in Sagecell?

2017-08-03 Thread Chris Seberino
This outputs some text. show(table(["test"])) How change the background color? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@goog

[sage-support] How remove spacing between table elements in Sagecell output?

2017-07-18 Thread Chris Seberino
In SageCell this shows each element with a nice light blue background and a TINY amount of space between them show(table(["A", "B", "C"])) How remove that space so that all the light blue backgrounds go together and appear all as one piece? Chris -- You received this message because you

[sage-support] Re: How solve simple log equation?

2017-07-16 Thread Chris Seberino
which checks. > > Again, sorry for the noise... > > -- > Emmanuel Charpentier > > > Le dimanche 16 juillet 2017 18:29:46 UTC+2, Chris Seberino a écrit : >> >> Emmanuel >> >> Thank you for your reply but you solved a DIFFERENT equation. Notice >>

[sage-support] Re: How solve simple log equation?

2017-07-16 Thread Chris Seberino
Emmanuel Thank you for your reply but you solved a DIFFERENT equation. Notice mine has an x variable in it. I can get your's to work but not mine. cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r

[sage-support] How solve simple log equation?

2017-07-15 Thread Chris Seberino
This does not solve... var("y C") solve( log(y) == C + log(x) + log(y-1),y) It returns [log(y) == C + log(x) + log(y - 1)] Any ideas? Thanks! Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[sage-support] How remove deprecation warning when substituting expressions in this snippet?

2017-07-14 Thread Chris Seberino
I've tried lots of variations of the following to replace a product of functions with y. They all give the error at the bottom in Sagecell. How fix? var("y") f = function("f")(x) g = function("g")(x) eqtn = f(x) * g(x) + 4*f(x)^2 * g(x) == 0 eqtn = eqtn.substitute({f(x) * g(x) : y}) show(eqtn)

[sage-support] Re: Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) in SageCell?

2017-04-11 Thread Chris Seberino
Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 3:21:17 PM UTC-5, saad khalid wrote: > > I am a student and I definitely agree with Chris Seberino here. I don't > think it is the job of software (or, rather, it is not good CAS design) to > try and teach people mathematics in this way. I think that the CA

Re: [sage-support] Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) in SageCell?

2017-04-07 Thread Chris Seberino
I have no doubt you know about group theory and math in general more than me. I have no doubt your answer is defensible and accurate. What I'm concerned about is the young students and what they expect to see when they type factor( ... ). cs On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 9:56:31 AM UTC-5, pro

[sage-support] Re: Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) in SageCell?

2017-04-07 Thread Chris Seberino
in the symbolic ring 3*(2*x+1) is immediately expanded again. Try > yourself: > > sage: 2*(1+3*x) > 6*x + 2 > > But see also https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21067 > > Regards, > > On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 5:47:28 PM UTC+2, Chris Seberino wrote: >> >> Why fac

Re: [sage-support] Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) in SageCell?

2017-04-07 Thread Chris Seberino
No -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com.

[sage-support] Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) in SageCell?

2017-04-06 Thread Chris Seberino
Why factor(6*x+3) doesn't give 3*(2*x+1) ? Thanks! cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to thi

[sage-support] Re: How make Sage eliminate identical terms on both sides of an algebra equation? (simplify not doing it

2016-11-29 Thread Chris Seberino
> you will be able to use the very powerful tools specifically for > polynomials, rather than the symbolic ring. > > > On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 5:55:48 PM UTC, Chris Seberino wrote: >> >> I'm trying to get Sage to do simplification of algebra equations.

[sage-support] How make Sage eliminate identical terms on both sides of an algebra equation? (simplify not doing it

2016-11-29 Thread Chris Seberino
I'm trying to get Sage to do simplification of algebra equations. After I expand some polynomial products I see identical terms on both sides of the equation. How make Sage eliminate those? the simplify and full_simplify don't seem to do it. -- You received this message because you are su

[sage-support] Trouble getting implicit_multiplication to work with sagecell.sagemath.org.

2016-11-29 Thread Chris Seberino
Shouldn't the 2 lines below work in SageCell? It gives an error because the implicit multiplication isn't set. Why? implicit_multiplication(10) 4 5 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop recei

[sage-support] Re: Why solve(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^(2*x), x) returns empty set?

2014-11-23 Thread Chris Seberino
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:48:07 AM UTC-6, Jakob Kroeker wrote: > > > Even if it is expectable that in some cases (which?) solve may not return > all solutions, it should be explicitly pointed out; > Especially it should be stated that an empty list does not necessarily > imply there are

[sage-support] Re: Why solve(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^(2*x), x) returns empty set?

2014-11-18 Thread Chris Seberino
Emmanuel Any way to make Sage act like it can't find the solution (emit question back to user) INSTEAD of emitting the empty set? "I can't find the solution" and "There is no solution" are NOT the same thing? > cs >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

[sage-support] Re: Why solve(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^(2*x), x) returns empty set?

2014-11-17 Thread Chris Seberino
I didn't *need* to have 0.04. This is just a command that actually came up in real work. I didn't want to alter it in any way lest it may be a genuine bug. cs On Monday, November 17, 2014 6:48:04 AM UTC-6, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > Why 0.04 ? Th notebook says : > > S=(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^

[sage-support] Re: Why solve(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^(2*x), x) returns empty set?

2014-11-17 Thread Chris Seberino
If you ask Sage to do something it can't, like solve a quintic polynomial equation, it will spit the question back at you. If Sage did that I'd be fine. However, Sage spit back the empty set which is the WRONG answer and far different yes? On Sunday, November 16, 2014 12:54:20 PM UTC-6, RRoge

[sage-support] Why solve(5^( x -1) == (0.04)^(2*x), x) returns empty set?

2014-11-15 Thread Chris Seberino
command in subject line should return 1/5 not empty set right??? What gives? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegrou

[sage-support] How create a plot of f(x, y, z) using color for function value? (i.e. a 4D plot)

2013-11-15 Thread Chris Seberino
I've been searching the Internet and can't find examples of plots of functions of THREE variables like f(x, y, z). I'd like to use a different color at each point in space to denote the function value. Is that possible in Sage? Are there examples somewhere? (All the examples I saw were for 2

Re: [sage-support] bug found in solve function? solve( x * (x + 2) == 143, x) returns [x == 11, x == -13]

2013-07-15 Thread Chris Seberino
On Friday, July 12, 2013 5:01:11 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Chris Seberino > > > wrote: > > bug found in solve function? solve( x * (x + 2) == 143, x) returns [x > == > > 11, x == -13] > > > > See here...new S

[sage-support] bug found in solve function? solve( x * (x + 2) == 143, x) returns [x == 11, x == -13]

2013-07-12 Thread Chris Seberino
bug found in solve function? solve( x * (x + 2) == 143, x) returns [x == 11, x == -13] See here...new Sage session... % sage -- | Sage Version 5.2, Release Date: 2012-07-25 | | Type "notebook()" for the

Re: [sage-support] Possible to have a notebook server without "state" like wolframalpha.com just for single commands?

2013-02-09 Thread Chris Seberino
Oh wow that is soo awesome. Someone read my mind. I've been selling Sage to my students with a slightly inadequate server but Sage Cell Server will dispense with the need for passwords, memory issues and more. Their impressions of Sage are about to go up tenfold. A thousand thank yous. Chris

[sage-support] Possible to have a notebook server without "state" like wolframalpha.com just for single commands?

2013-02-09 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage notebooks are great but take a lot of RAM (I assume) partially because they need to remember all the history of the current session. Is it possible to trade history for responsiveness/memory by somehow running the notebook server to accept single commands and then forget the results? I'm e

[sage-support] Re: Students leave their notebooks open so server has a TON of notebooks open....performance problem?

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Seberino
On Monday, September 24, 2012 9:36:36 PM UTC-5, P Purkayastha wrote: > > > What has been observed however is that not all worksheets get closed > and there are often many worksheets that remain open in the background. > From a performance point of view, all that these worksheets do is eat >

[sage-support] Re: Notebook server very slow. What are typical bottlenecks? I have ver5.2 and 1Gb RAM

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Seberino
you need for 10 people to be able to hit the server all at the same time comfortably? cs On Monday, September 24, 2012 8:31:16 PM UTC-5, kcrisman wrote: > > > > On Monday, September 24, 2012 8:32:23 PM UTC-4, Chris Seberino wrote: >> >> Notebook server very slow. What ar

[sage-support] Students leave their notebooks open so server has a TON of notebooks open....performance problem?

2012-09-24 Thread Chris Seberino
Students leave their notebooks open so server has a TON of notebooks openis that a problem? (I'm thinking about performance mainly.) cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@goog

[sage-support] Notebook server very slow. What are typical bottlenecks? I have ver5.2 and 1Gb RAM

2012-09-24 Thread Chris Seberino
Notebook server very slow. What are typical bottlenecks? I have ver5.2 and 1Gb RAM cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send ema

[sage-support] Can't delete worksheets as admin..why? (Sage ver 5.2)

2012-09-18 Thread Chris Seberino
I logged into Sage as admin and noticed there were a ton of open worksheets. (I have a lot of users.) I can't delete active worksheets. If I selected one or more and press the "Delete" button, nothing happens? cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[sage-support] Re: Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. ==> Syntax error: ")" unexpecte

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
SOLVED... I have 64 bit hardware but I installed 32 bit Ubuntu. (Sorry, I'm a newbie to 64 bit stuff and didn't even know there was a separate Ubuntu flavor.) When I installed the 32bit Sage binary it worked. One suggestion is to perhaps add a check to see if user trying to run the 64 bit b

[sage-support] Error installing package gcc-4.6.3

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On new 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04, I tried compiling from source and got this error... (I know predefs.h exists because I can see the file here: /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/bits/predefs.h .) In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:28:0, from ../../../src/libgcc/../gcc/tsystem.h:87

[sage-support] Re: Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. ==> Syntax error: ")" unexpecte

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
> That's odd, it doesn't even give a location where the ")" was > unexpectedly found. Was there any more output than that? > > No that was it verbatim. This is a 64 bit machine. That is the only thing different I can see from what I've used before. (This is an HP computer.) cs -- You rec

[sage-support] Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. ==> Syntax error: ")" unexpecte

2012-09-01 Thread Chris Seberino
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and tried to install Sage ver5.2 When I try to run Sage for the first time I get this... % sage -- | Sage Version 5.2, Release Date: 2012-07-25 | | Type "notebook()" for the b

[sage-support] Re: error proxying Sage behind Apache2 after 5.2 update..... a '/' is missing in urls!?

2012-08-31 Thread Chris Seberino
> > Great! Did you base your previous, wrong Apache config on some material > from the Sage website / wiki / etc.? If so, can you tell us where it is, > so we can fix it? > > > I don't think this bug was from a Sage page. If I see it in some docs I'll let you know however. cs -- You rece

[sage-support] Re: error proxying Sage behind Apache2 after 5.2 update..... a '/' is missing in urls!?

2012-08-30 Thread Chris Seberino
SOLVED! I'm posting this in case it helps anyone else out there trying to use Sage with Apache. The problem with an Apache config issue. The line below is wrong... > Redirect / https://sage.phil4.com > > It should be this: Redirect / https://sage.phil4.com/ (Notice the / at the end now.)

[sage-support] error proxying Sage behind Apache2 after 5.2 update..... a '/' is missing in urls!?

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Seberino
I've been successfully proxying older versions of Sage behind Apache2 using SSL. The same script doesn't work with Sage 5.2 for some reason. Here is my Apache code below (Code below redirects all to HTTPS.) The new problem is that when I try to log in as adminSage tries to go to https://sage

[sage-support] Re: Error message when use vectors in Sage 5 with Ubuntu 12.04...

2012-06-18 Thread Chris Seberino
On Monday, June 18, 2012 4:16:50 PM UTC-5, Oleksandr Kazymyrov wrote: > > Hi, > > I haven't the problem on Ubuntu 12.04: > > Oleksandr I fixed the problem. Today when I tried vector I got a DIFFERENT error message about a Fortran library missing. When I manually installed glibfortran3 it sta

[sage-support] Error message when use vectors in Sage 5 with Ubuntu 12.04...

2012-06-16 Thread Chris Seberino
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 about 2 weeks ago along with Sage 5. I just now tried using vectors for the first time and got this error... sage: vector( [-1,2] ) --- AttributeErrorTraceback (most recent

[sage-support] Re: Can't make 404.html template to be used. Keep getting Apache 500 Internal Server Error instead.

2012-01-21 Thread Chris Seberino
Ug! Please accept my apology. cs On Jan 21, 3:25 am, Keshav Kini wrote: > Er, have you perhaps sent this to the wrong list? > > -Keshav > > > Join us in #sagemath on irc.freenode.net ! -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, se

[sage-support] Can't make 404.html template to be used. Keep getting Apache 500 Internal Server Error instead.

2012-01-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I am proxying my Django app behind Apache. I created a 404.html in my template directory but when I try to test it I get the following error that appears to come from Apache... Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your requ

[sage-support] Re: Please explain this wrong answer with implict multiplication....

2011-12-15 Thread Chris Seberino
I had it turned on but I guess it doesn't get triggered for x (x -1). Any way to change the behavior or does that require a patch to Sage? On Dec 15, 1:37 am, Jason Grout wrote: > On 12/15/11 1:31 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: > > > I know Sage has some issues with a variable in fro

[sage-support] Please explain this wrong answer with implict multiplication....

2011-12-14 Thread Chris Seberino
I know Sage has some issues with a variable in front of parens when using implicit multiplication. Why did that make the first give the wrong answer when using implicit multiplication? How is sage interpreting it? sage: solve(3 + x (x-1)==5,x) [x == 3] sage: solve(3 + x*(x-1)==5,x) [x == 2, x ==

[sage-support] Re: How make/hack 1D real number line plots like we learned in elementary algebra?

2011-09-07 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 7, 7:49 am, kcrisman wrote: > > If I select a number using an interact widget, it would be nice to see > > a plot of a 1D real number line with the selected point appear as a > > big colored dot.  Plots of solutions to inequalities like x > 1 would > > be icing on the cake and involve the

[sage-support] How make/hack 1D real number line plots like we learned in elementary algebra?

2011-09-06 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage can do great 2D and 3D plots. What about baby 1D plots that would be really nice for the kids? If I select a number using an interact widget, it would be nice to see a plot of a 1D real number line with the selected point appear as a big colored dot. Plots of solutions to inequalities like

[sage-support] w/ sliders in interact functions, how apply format strings to the numbers? (Want to truncate decimals!)

2011-09-06 Thread Chris Seberino
This slider will display the corresponding numbers as the slider is moved @interact def _(a=slider(1, 2, 0.2)): print "test" The problem is the numbers have too many digits for my taste... e.g. 1.00, 1.20, 1.40, etc. How truncate or round or format?

[sage-support] How get last login time of a Sage notebook user?

2011-09-05 Thread Chris Seberino
How get last login time of a Sage notebook user? cs -- 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 UR

[sage-support] Does Sage do quotas or other protections in case users's calculation takes too long?

2011-09-05 Thread Chris Seberino
Does Sage do quotas or other protections in case users's calculation takes too long? I'm having nightmares of students crashing Sage servers or tying them up with simple little commands like so... 2^(2^(2^123456789)) and def f(x): while True: pass f(x) cs -- To post to this grou

[sage-support] Re: How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 2, 6:49 pm, Jason Grout wrote: > Type pretty_print_default() in an input cell and press shift-enter. All > future output will be typeset automatically. > > Can you try to put pretty_print_default() in the init.sage and see if > that works? Jason Thankfully that works great. There is o

[sage-support] Re: How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 2, 3:20 pm, William Stein wrote: > Unfortunately, I don't think there is support for this feature at present. > If there were, it would likely be implemented via the Settings link in > the notebook for a given user. Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing So there is n

[sage-support] How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks? (i.e. I don't want users to have to check the Typeset checkbox all the time.) Sincerely, Chris Seberino P.S. I tried googling for it but could not find the answer. -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.c

[sage-support] Possible to do quizzes and/or practice problems in notebook?

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Seberino
Anyone know of any examples of doing quizzes and/or practice problems in Sage notebook worksheets? I'm imagining something where the worksheet asks a question and students can type in their answers to see if they are right or not. Links to example worksheets would be very much appreciated if such

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 12:35 pm, William Stein wrote: > > Also, I think "f(x)" is more explicit than "f (x)". > > > I never use "f (x)" in Python code and wonder why it is even allowed > > in Python instead of raising an exception. > > Wow, that's almost as bad as "I didn't put any cheese on the eggs for >

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 10:28 am, v...@ukr.net wrote: >   It seems to me that interpreting the "f (x)" as "f*x" could easily > confuse the people who are new to Python and Sage. They will read (or > maybe have already read) some book on Python and the will try to apply > their new knowledge in Sage, but instea

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 8:06 am, Simon King wrote: > But apparently other people find it practical to be able to > write 2x instead of 2*x. The preference comes from years of using Mathematica. Also, I think a space looks cleaner and it is easier to type (no shift needed! :). Chris -- To post to this grou

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 3:32 am, Simon King wrote: > On 22 Aug., 04:37, Chris Seberino wrote: > > > ... > > sin (pi)    # rare,  sin(pi) more likely > > f (3, 4)    # rare,   f(3, 4) more likely > > Likelihood is a not a good guideline, IMHO. I prefer rigour. Implicit mult

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 12:52 am, Maarten Derickx wrote: > I don't think your proposal will be an enhancement. For two reasons. > > 1. x (x) an x*(x) have the same amount of characters. Some people prefer implicit multiplication. It is already a feature of Sage. > 2. currently the python and sage expression

[sage-support] Re: Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 21, 1:03 pm, Simon King wrote: > If you have an object that is directly followed by parentheses, then > in Python, which is the underlying language of Sage,  it means > function evaluation. Hence, when you write f(x) then you normally do > NOT want to multiply f and x, but typically f is

[sage-support] Is "x (x)" impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-21 Thread Chris Seberino
I want "x (x)" to return x^2. It doesn't seem to work with any implicit_multiplication level. What does the following error mean? Does it mean this will get fixed in a future version? sage: x (x) /usr/local/sage-4.7/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/iplib.py: 2073: DeprecationWarning: S

[sage-support] Re: Possible to run published worksheet without downloading it on same server?

2011-07-30 Thread Chris Seberino
awesome! thanks! cs On Jul 30, 2:08 am, Jason Grout wrote: > On 7/29/11 11:40 PM, Chris Seberino wrote: > > > Instead of downloading a published worksheet, is it possible to copy > > it to a user's account if it is on the SAME SERVER? > > > If all students must

[sage-support] Possible to run published worksheet without downloading it on same server?

2011-07-29 Thread Chris Seberino
Instead of downloading a published worksheet, is it possible to copy it to a user's account if it is on the SAME SERVER? If all students must download published worksheets, I fear the less tech-savvy will make mistakes that I'll need to address. Chris -- To post to this group, send email to sag

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-27 Thread Chris Seberino
> Yes, as I said it starts automatically but it must have no descriptive > comment above the cell. That is a worksheet with only one naked cell > and no description in it. > That's why I suggested to start a new worksheet from scratch. R OK I verified your solution. I have no clue how you figur

[sage-support] Re: Possible to make implicit multiplication allow "(1 + 2) (3 + 4)" ?

2011-06-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 24, 11:59 pm, Jason Grout wrote: > sage: implicit_mul('diff(f,x)(3)', level=10) > 'diff(f,x)*(3)' > > which is definitely not what I intended. Jason Would you agree a good robust solution to your issue would be for an implicit_mul level that *ONLY* converted spaces to multiplication? I

[sage-support] Re: Possible to make implicit multiplication allow "(1 + 2) (3 + 4)" ?

2011-06-24 Thread Chris Seberino
ried to mangle something but I failed. Still not sure what I should watch out for... sage: n( sin( ( sin( .5 ) ) ) ) 0.461269555033181 sage: n( sin( ( sin( .5 ) cos( sin(.1) ) ) ) ) 0.459150207292798 cs On Jun 24, 7:57 am, Jason Grout wrote: > On 6/24/11 2:17 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: >

[sage-support] Possible to make implicit multiplication allow "(1 + 2) (3 + 4)" ?

2011-06-24 Thread Chris Seberino
I love implicit_multiplication(True) but I noticed it doesn't work between parens!? How make this work?... sage: (1 + 2) (3 + 4) --- TypeError Traceback (most recent call last) /home/seb/ in (

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 22, 4:26 am, Rolf wrote: > Works with me, and you will see my enhancement to the code. The two > variable thing. Rolf Thanks. Does your version automatically start up when you upload the worksheet? Your version works like mine but doesn't start automatically for me like mine still. cs

[sage-support] Re: Problem with html('$\tan$') in notebook....Latex commands beginning with \t have problems?

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 7:56 am, kcrisman wrote: > For clarification, this creates a "raw" string.  You should also be > able to use \\tan, which "escapes" the \ so that it doesn't have a > special meaning to Python. I imagine similar issues are going to happen for Latex commands that begin with n and r the

[sage-support] Re: notebooks perfect in Firefox but different issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 7:58 am, kcrisman wrote: > Let us know if this helps.  I agree it is suboptimal. Since there may be other inconsistencies between browsers, it seems safer to just have all students use Firefox. That is fine with me. I had other unrelated browser incompatibility issues with some onl

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 9:09 am, Rolf wrote: > This question may sound somehow out of place, but maybe you can offer > some help. > Where in the documentation did you find something about this fancy > notation to include variables into your html()? I found it on one of the published worksheets not in officia

[sage-support] notebooks perfect in Firefox but different issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
http://phil4.com/public/Trig2.sws works perfectly in Firefox but has issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer. The slider of interact widget didn't work for one student in Internet Explorer. The html text was messed up for students using Chrome. It seems multiple lines were on top of each other.

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 20, 10:41 am, kcrisman wrote: > Type "%auto" on a line by itself at the beginning of a cell to > automatically evaluate the cell when the worksheet is first opened. kcrisman That works one one! Thanks! I made a little worksheet that %auto still doesn't seem to work on... http://phil4

[sage-support] Problem with html('$\tan$') in notebook....Latex commands beginning with \t have problems?

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I display some Latex commands in HTML on the small worksheet below... http://phil4.com/public/Trig.sws Notice all the trig functions are fine except for tan. Is there a problem with Latex commands that begin with \t for some reason? Sincerely, Chris -- To post to this group, send email to sa

[sage-support] How delete published worksheet if deleted original in your account folder?

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
How delete published worksheet if you already deleted the copy in your account folder? Normally I could just "unpublish" a worksheetbut since I deleted the original version, I can't do that!?!? Sincerely, Chris -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubs

[sage-support] Re: Can't upload worksheets from URL. (Sage insists on browsing for a local file.)

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
t just the other > day. > > What server are you using?  Or, if local, what version?  This could > conceivably be related to the recent updating of the sagenb.org family > of servers. > > On Jun 20, 11:15 am, Chris Seberino wrote: > > > When I try to type a URL for

[sage-support] Can't upload worksheets from URL. (Sage insists on browsing for a local file.)

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
When I try to type a URL for a worksheet to upload, I can't type. Instead, the browse popup appears and I'm forced to browse for a local file!!! Was the typing in the text field disabled somehow? cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this g

[sage-support] %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I created a little worksheet called http://phil4.com/public/sage/Scientific_Notation.sws to illustrate the problem. The single cell with code has this... %hide %auto @interact def _(exponent=(-6..6)): html('The Number: $%f$'%(5 * 10**exponent)) html('In Scientific Notation: $5 \cdot 10^{%d}$

[sage-support] Re: How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations?

2011-06-14 Thread Chris Seberino
Nevermind. I found out about $HOME/.sage/init.sage cs On Jun 13, 11:54 pm, Chris Seberino wrote: > How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users > run some customizations? > > e.g. I want implicit_multiplication(True) to be global as well as > var(&

[sage-support] How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations?

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations? e.g. I want implicit_multiplication(True) to be global as well as var("a b c d e f g h z") and var("alpha beta gamma delta omega") cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@go

[sage-support] Re: Must *all* notebook server pages be under SSL if server uses SSL?

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
cked and when I log into PayPal, it stays in SSL mode. However, when I log into eBay, it jumps OUT of SSL mode. Godaddy seems to do some pages with SSL and some without SSL. Whenever these sites drop down to unencrypted, aren't they also insecure since eBay and Godaddy are sending cookies in t

[sage-support] sagenb.notebook.notebook.Notebook(tmp_dir()+'.sagenb') question

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage notebooks docs here: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sagenb/notebook/notebook.html suggest creating a notebook object to manage notebook server in a script like so... nb = sagenb.notebook.notebook.Notebook(tmp_dir()+'.sagenb') Is this notebook handle necessary tied to my existing not

[sage-support] How fix this script to add accounts to notebook server?

2011-06-12 Thread Chris Seberino
I wrote the script below to automatically add accounts to my notebook server. I ran it as follows $SAGE_DIR/sage-python XXX YYY ZZZ for some values of XXX, YYY and ZZZ. When I tried to login with value in XXX for username and in YYY for password Sage notebook server did not recognize that account

[sage-support] Must *all* notebook server pages be under SSL if server uses SSL?

2011-06-12 Thread Chris Seberino
Is it correct that if one uses SSL for a notebook server than ALL the pages MUST be under SSL? The reason I'm asking is that the notebook server appears unable to handle Apache configs that try to switch from SSL to unencrypted after login. In other words, notebook is brittle when it comes to att

[sage-support] Confusion and question about "secure" switch to Sage notebook.

2011-06-04 Thread Chris Seberino
Notebook documentation mentions a boolean switch called "secure" for SSL. When I try to turn it on my notebook server, I get an error about a domain Sage needs. How exactly does this switch work and how does Sage want to do SSL? In my limited experience, when I want SSL protection, I set up an A

[sage-support] Apache proxy in front of Sage notebook server works perfect until I turn on SSL.

2011-06-04 Thread Chris Seberino
Apache proxy in front of Sage notebook server works perfect until I turn on SSL. Different Apache configs give different Sage errors. Is there something special required to do Sage with Apache SSL proxy? cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe fr

[sage-support] Re: How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?)

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On May 27, 3:34 pm, Berkin Malkoc wrote: > It is in the > reference:http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sagenb/notebook/notebook.html Thank you. Those docs appear to be for a Sage session. I actually need it to work from a Django web application unrelated to Sage!?!? In other words, my ques

[sage-support] How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?)

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Seberino
How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?) I would like to automate this process if possible. Thanks! cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegro

[sage-support] Not rebooting notebook server constantly leaves too many notebooks active?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Seberino
Suppose different students sign into the same Sage server at different times. Won't that cause EVERY STUDENT's notebook to be in memory bogging down the server? I've been rebooting but maybe the smartest thing is to either... 1. Make students sign out? (Some will forget!!) 2. Autokill after 1 h

[sage-support] Re: How use alternative authentication for notebook server?.(i.e. integrate with other web app?)..

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Seberino
: > On 5/26/11 12:35 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: > > > My students authenticate themselves by signing into a classroom web > > app unrelated to Sage. > > > Possible to integrate Sage notebook server with this classroom web app > > so students > > DO NOT have to aut

[sage-support] How use alternative authentication for notebook server?.(i.e. integrate with other web app?)..

2011-05-25 Thread Chris Seberino
My students authenticate themselves by signing into a classroom web app unrelated to Sage. Possible to integrate Sage notebook server with this classroom web app so students DO NOT have to authenticate a SECOND TIME with Sage login page? Chris -- To post to this group, send email to sage-suppor

[sage-support] Re: How have forms in Sage notebooks where users can enter values?

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Seberino
On Dec 14, 3:42 pm, Jason Grout wrote: > To get a better idea of what you are asking, what would you want to do > with those values?  Run a calculation and give output?  Or store those > values later to be graded somehow by an instructor?  Something else? Do you know of where I can find lots of

[sage-support] How have forms in Sage notebooks where users can enter values?

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Seberino
How have forms in Sage notebooks where users can enter values? I'm thinking of making user friendly Sage notebooks with lots of interactive components. I can imagine users needing to enter values in addition to moving sliders with the mouse. (Yes they can just use cells but adding a form field i

[sage-support] Re: Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
OK thanks for your help. I think I got it. The effect of RealField is like creating a new number type. I need to make sure all my real are of the right type. It appears integers are fine as is. Here is working code... def test(big): my_pi = RealField(big)(pi) ten= RealF

[sage-support] Re: Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
On Dec 13, 1:09 pm, kcrisman wrote: > I think you would have to let k be in that RealField, wouldn't you? > Or at least f(k).  That might be part of the issue.  If you put the > whole sum in RealField, the precision will be that of 1.0, I > suppose (?) ... How do you put k in the RealField?

[sage-support] Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
In a previous post I was told to use RealField if I wanted very high degrees of accuracy. I'm still now sure I'm using RealField right and would appreciate any help debugging my puzzle. sage: constant = 100*sqrt(pi/log(10.0)) sage: f(k) = 10^(-k^2/1.0) sage: N = 1 sage: RealField(10)(

[sage-support] Re: Having trouble getting *ultra* high precision in this infinite sum calculation...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
On Dec 13, 2:47 am, Simon King wrote: >   sage: 2*sum(10^(-k^2/d) for k in range(1,2)) >   2.02019722722490674759723772962542922944721452394745083...e-1 > So there is a small progress in the summation! But I have no idea > whether at the end of the day the small progress will be eno

[sage-support] Having trouble getting *ultra* high precision in this infinite sum calculation...

2010-12-12 Thread Chris Seberino
I wanted to confirm that a certain infinite sum agrees with a certain number to thousands of digits of accuracy. I know this is true from a fascinating formula at the top of page 2 of the paper referenced here: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.GM/0409014/ The following one liner outputs the error in the

[sage-support] Idea for Sage notebooks (& question on getting funding to write these)

2010-11-11 Thread Chris Seberino
a for calculus. Anyone know of such a project or if NSF or anyone else would be interested in funding development of such Sage interactive textbooks? Sincerely, Dr. Chris Seberino ch...@phil4.com -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group,

[sage-support] My Sage server slow even when just 3 people on dedicated machine!? How fix?

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Seberino
I have a dedicated Xen Ubuntu virtual machine with 0.5 Gb RAM and Intel Xeon 2.27GHz CPU. The bandwidth is pretty good. (linode.com is my hosting provider.) Why even with just 3 people we sometimes get the green bar while Sage processes the calculuation? I often tell students that means they n

[sage-support] Re: What's easiest way to get Sage running on Windows for non-techie students?

2010-10-10 Thread Chris Seberino
> On Oct 9, 7:24 pm, Jason Grout wrote: Oh wait. I see your point now. *I* didn't have to install VMWare because I probably installed it a long time ago. I assumed that meant you didn't need to install VMWare anymore. Yeaa video would be nice for that extra step too. cs -- To post to

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