On 12/2/10 8:24 AM, Andrew Dawes wrote:
lambda is a special word in python, it indicates a type of one-line
function definition. Using any other word should work.
See:
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_thread/thread/728f27989ff87203/4b08aaaed8309cbc?q=sage+support+lambda
for a similar discussion.
For more on lambda functions (very useful by the way) see:
http://diveintopython.org/power_of_introspection/lambda_functions.html
I usually do:
lambda_=var("lambda_"), which still prints a Greek lambda when I output
it in typeset form.
Jason
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