Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-27 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Martin Rubey wrote: > William Stein writes: > >> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Martin Rubey >> wrote: >>> ceterum censeo 2: >>> The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic integration is by default done using Maxima (this is cur

Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-27 Thread Martin Rubey
William Stein writes: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Martin Rubey > wrote: >> ceterum censeo 2: >> >>> The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic >>> integration is by default done using Maxima (this is currently the >>> main way in which Maxima is used in Sage; the ot

Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-27 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Martin Rubey wrote: > ceterum censeo 2: > >> The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic >> integration is by default done using Maxima (this is currently the >> main way in which Maxima is used in Sage; the other big way is for >> solving sym

Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-27 Thread Martin Rubey
ceterum censeo 2: > The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic > integration is by default done using Maxima (this is currently the > main way in which Maxima is used in Sage; the other big way is for > solving symbolic equations). For my ears (well, eyes :-) this sounds l

Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-24 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Ben Woodruff wrote: > Hi all. This is my first post to the discussions groups I've been > following for the last 4 months.  I used Sage in my first semester > calculus class this last semester, and plan to move every class I can > over to Sage during the next few

Re: [sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Ben Woodruff wrote: > Hi all. This is my first post to the discussions groups I've been > following for the last 4 months. I used Sage in my first semester > calculus class this last semester, and plan to move every class I can > over to Sage during the next few years. Giving the students somethi

[sage-support] integrate(sec(t)*tan(t),t,0,pi/3), why does definite integral of trig functions give error?

2009-12-23 Thread Ben Woodruff
Hi all. This is my first post to the discussions groups I've been following for the last 4 months. I used Sage in my first semester calculus class this last semester, and plan to move every class I can over to Sage during the next few years. Giving the students something they can use anywhere the