Probably because “the given second derivative” has a “computed operator”…
BTW : var("x,y,z,t,v,c") f=function("f") xp=(t-v*x)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) yp=y zp=z tp=(t-v*x/c^2)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) foo=(sum(map(lambda u:derivative(f(xp,yp,zp,tp),u,2), (x, y, z)))-derivative(f(xp,yp,zp,tp),t,2)/c^2).factor() view(foo.simplify_full()) does partially what you mean… Le dimanche 24 janvier 2021 à 17:36:44 UTC+1, cseb...@gmail.com a écrit : > Emmanuel > > But my question is more simple than that. I just want to know why the > collect method was not able to collect all the terms with the given second > derivative. > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021, 2:15 AM Emmanuel Charpentier <emanuel.c...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sage has recently acquired a large set of tools relative to manifolds >> <https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/>. A look at these tools and related >> tutorials/references may be in order… >> >> HTH, >> Le samedi 23 janvier 2021 à 23:17:26 UTC+1, cseb...@gmail.com a écrit : >> >>> What you intend to do isn’t really clear… Could you try and clear your >>>> goals ? >>>> >>> Emmanuel >>> >>> Thanks so much for your help. I'm trying to show that the wave equation >>> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_equation) >>> is invariant under a certain coordinate transformation called the >>> Lorentz transformation (special relativity). >>> >>> I represent the function that obeys the wave equation in the primed >>> coordinate system by f(xp, yp, zp, tp). >>> >>> I also represent the primed coordinates by the coordinates in the >>> unprimed coordinate system. >>> Therefore, f(xp, yp, zp, tp) = f(xp(x, y, z, t), yp(x, y, z, t), >>> zp(x, y, z, t), tp(x, y, z, t)). >>> >>> I then find a bunch of derivates of f(xp(x, y, z, t), yp(x, y, z, t), >>> zp(x, y, z, t), tp(x, y, z, t)) and try to collect terms. >>> >>> All the coordinates should be real numbers. >>> >>> Does that explain everything? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "sage-support" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sage-support/TDseIA1M7vY/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> sage-support...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/068e5ac0-1d78-453f-a465-bc84e1d1fc90n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/068e5ac0-1d78-453f-a465-bc84e1d1fc90n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/ee8a8ac7-0505-4b3d-bd57-f4d7f01aa3c6n%40googlegroups.com.