[sage-support] Re: definition of a function with the help of its derivative

2008-11-30 Thread David Joyner
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:41 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's been awhile since I used Maple and I still don't understand your > question. > Is it possible to copy+paste a Maple session in and then just ask > "can this be done in sage"? To clarify my own question, one can do th

[sage-support] Re: definition of a function with the help of its derivative

2008-11-30 Thread David Joyner
It's been awhile since I used Maple and I still don't understand your question. Is it possible to copy+paste a Maple session in and then just ask "can this be done in sage"? On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM, pieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Simon, > > Thanks for your answer. > > What I

[sage-support] Re: definition of a function with the help of its derivative

2008-11-30 Thread pieter
Dear Simon, Thanks for your answer. What I want is for a linear combination X(t):=p(t)*y1(t) + q(t)*y2(t) (p and q are known functions) to construct a new second-order differential equation for X(t) from the orgininal system. For a second-order system this can easily be done by hand. I have, ho

[sage-support] Re: definition of a function with the help of its derivative

2008-11-27 Thread Simon King
Dear David, On Nov 27, 5:16 pm, "David Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean something like in the > tutorialhttp://www.sagemath.org/doc/tut/node14.html > or do you want something different? Looking at the original post, probably Pieter wants to manipulate y1 (t), y2(t) without to so

[sage-support] Re: definition of a function with the help of its derivative

2008-11-27 Thread David Joyner
Do you mean something like in the tutorial http://www.sagemath.org/doc/tut/node14.html or do you want something different? On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:02 AM, pieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Sage users, > > Is it possible in Sage to define a function with the help of its > derivative? >