In a message dated 1/20/2009 9:05:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wdjoy...@gmail.com writes:
sage: t = var('t') sage: x = function('x',t) sage: DE = lambda y: diff(y,t,t) + y sage: f = eval(desolve_laplace(DE(x(t)), ["t","x"], [0,1,0])) sage: f(t) cos(t) OK, I saw this in the DiffEqu text, but I must say that the syntax is a bit confusing. I suppose x = funxtion('x',t) means x=f(t) and diff(y,t,t) means y'' but why? Can't we use diff(y,t,2)? Where does the diff(y,t,t) syntax come from? TIA, A. Jorge Garcia calcp...@aol.com http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---