Jamie Mulholland <j_mulholl...@sfu.ca> wrote: Could use the map command:
sage: a(n)=n^2 sage: map(a,[1,2,3]) [1,4,9] Cheers Jamie On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM, A. Jorge Garcia <calcp...@aol.com> wrote: > My discrete math class was playing with sequences today. > > Example 1) > a(n)=1/n**2 > for I in range(1,10): > show(a(I)) > > Example 2) > [a(n) for I in range(1,10)] > > These methods work fine. I'm confused on how to write function for > a(n) where I can just input a list, process the list and output a new > list with the sequence evaluated. > > So, if a(n)=n**2 and the input is [1,2,3] the output should be > [1,4,9]. > > TIA, > A. Jorge Garcia > http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jamie Mulholland, Ph. D. e: j_mulholl...@sfu.ca Dept. of Mathematics t: 778-782-7655 Simon Fraser University f: 778-782-4947 8888 University Drive Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en. Sorry, what I meant to say was: what if I define a function such as def a(n): return 1/n**2 so running a([2,4,6]) yields [1/4,1/16,1/36] Thanx, A. Jorge Garcia Applied Math and CompSci http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
