Hi, On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Nick Alexander wrote: > >>> (1) \int dx f(x) >>> (2) \int f(x) dx >> >> I prefer (2). > > I've actually never seen (1) used; (2) seems much more natural. The > "\int dx \int dy f" is strange as the "dx dy" is often best viewed as > single differential.
Thanks Nick, Robert! OK, then we settle on (2) for integral. The remaining issue is now to settle the conventions for derivative. Currently, maxima uses "\\partial" symbol even for functions of single variable. I think it would be better if we follow the arguments of http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/4202 for derivative of function with single variable. So here are the situations (1) diff( f(x), x) => -------------------- (a) Current scheme via Maxima: {{{\it \partial}}\over{{\it \partial}\,x}}\,f\left(x\right) (b) Proposed: \frac{d f\left(x\right)}{d x} (2) diff( f(x, y), x) => -------------------- (a) Current scheme via Maxima: {{{\it \partial}}\over{{\it \partial}\,x}}\,f\left(x, y\right) (b) Proposed: \frac{\partial f\left(x, y\right)}{\partial x} We follow similar scheme for higher derivatives. Once this convention is settled, I will be ready to submit the final patch including doc-tests. Cheers, Golam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
