On Apr 13, 11:07 pm, "Ondrej Certik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday on IRC I realized I don't understand these terms. :) > > x + x -> 2*x .... is this evaluation? > > x +y, vs. y+x ... is this canonicalization? > > Is this how everyone understands these terms? If so, we need to fix > SymPy all over. :)
I would call "x+x -> 2*x" simplification, and "x+y -> y+x" canonicalization. "evaluation" would mean the process: x + y evaluated at x=2, y=3 is 5. Carl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
