I thought I would try this in ChatGPT since one of the answers sounded gpt-ish. Quite surprised by the results in terms of level of detail about what is going on in the routine that it presented. I marked the line that was needed to make the function of the gpt-answer work:
def printSeries(expIn): expOut = expIn expOut = collect(expOut, t) expList = expOut.as_ordered_terms() # convert expression to list expList = [i.as_coeff_Mul() for i in expList] # <---- needed this line expList = [(t, round(coeff, 5)) for coeff, t in expList] # round coefficients to 5 digits expList.sort(key=lambda term: term[0].as_poly().degree(), reverse=True) # sort terms by degree of t expStr = ' '.join([f"{coeff:.5g} {t}" for t, coeff in expList]) # format terms as strings print(expStr) /c On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 10:45:51 AM UTC-6 Oscar wrote: > The degree function can be imported like > > from sympy import degree > > It is used to get the degree of a polynomial expression. > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 14:53, Thomas Ligon <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks! That's a big help, but I am not finished yet. Here is where I am > now: > > > > Step 1: Use your code. > > name 'StrPrinter' is not defined > > changed StrPrinter to sympy.printing.str.StrPrinter > > https://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/printing.html > > name 'degree' is not defined > > I tried key=sympy.printing.str.degree, but that gave me > > module 'sympy.printing.str' has no attribute 'degree' > > Then I tried key=sympy.degree and that worked. > > Now the two series are being printed in the desired order. > > > > Step 2: Use latex > > I tried changing print(doprint(series)) to print(latex(doprint(series))) > > and the result is > > \mathtt{\text{-2.565*t + 147.94*t**3 - 2867.7*t**5}} > > which doesn't format correctly in Word's equation editor or in > www.overleaf.com, > > where it formats correctly, but issues an error > > Undefined control sequence. > > LaTeX Error: \mathtt allowed only in math mode. > > I tried changing the string to > > -2.565*t + 147.94*t**3 - 2867.7*t**5 > > and this formats correctly in Word and in Overleaf. > > Then I tried > > doprint = > sympy.printing.latex.LatexPrinter(settings={'order':'none'}).doprint > > but that throws an exception > > '_PrintFunction' object has no attribute 'LatexPrinter' > > even though the class > > class sympy.printing.latex.LatexPrinter(settings=None) > > is defined in > > > https://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/printing.html#module-sympy.printing.latex > > > > Still to do: > > Learn how this works. > > Learn why evalf(5) works. The documentation at > > https://docs.sympy.org/latest/modules/evalf.html > > doesn't make it clear to me what the possible arguments are and what > they mean. > > Find documentation for sorted and key=degree. > > I searched for sympy degree and found polynomials and angles, but still > don't understand this one. > > > > > > On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 8:53:32 PM UTC+1 Oscar wrote: > > > > On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 08:32, Thomas Ligon <thomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have a lot of power series that look like this (but going up to > t**12): > > > exp1 = -2867.70035529489*t**5 + 147.938724526848*t**3 - > 2.56500070531002*t > > > While trying to gain some insight into the mathematics that creates > them, I want to print a shorter version, such as > > > - 2.565 t + 147.93872 t**3- 2867.70036 t**5 > > > but the best I have achieved is > > > - 2867.70036 t^{5} + \left(147.93872 t^{3} - 2.565 t\right) > > > Rounding the numbers was easy, but I would prefer to round to 5 digits > total, not 5 digits after the decimal point. I was able to convert the > expression to a list and sort the list, but when I converted the list back > to an expression, I didn't succeed in producing the order I wanted. > > > > You can get 5 digits by using exp1.evalf(5). > > > > It is surprisingly difficult to control the order of terms in sympy's > > printing functionality but it is possible: > > > > In [1]: exp1 = -2867.70035529489*t**5 + 147.938724526848*t**3 - > > 2.56500070531002*t > > > > In [2]: doprint = StrPrinter(settings={'order':'none'}).doprint > > > > In [3]: series = Add(*sorted(exp1.evalf(5).args, key=degree), > evaluate=False) > > > > In [4]: print(doprint(series)) > > -2.565*t + 147.94*t**3 - 2867.7*t**5 > > > > There are two steps to controlling the order: > > > > - Ordering the terms in the expression itself (the series variable > above). > > - Getting the printer to respect that ordering ('order':'none'). > > > > It should be possible to set order=None with init_printing and that > > does work for the pretty printer but not for string printing (i.e. > > print(expr) or str(expr)). > > > > -- > > Oscar > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to sympy+un...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/d48be44a-e979-41fd-aa37-1fabadde9b7an%40googlegroups.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. 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