[sage-devel] Re: Functional derivative consistent with current .diff( )

2013-04-21 Thread ManDay
The resulting symbolic expression must contain a different sort of information. For example ∂²f/[∂J(x1)∂J(x2)] does not have a analogon, if you try to dervive it in terms of ordinary differentiation with subsequent substitution. Structurally, for the functional derivative, you must basically b

[sage-devel] Re: Functional derivative consistent with current .diff( )

2013-04-21 Thread adsmith
On Saturday, April 20, 2013 2:03:07 PM UTC-4, ManDay wrote: > I'd like to be able to derive in the following manner: > > x = var( "x" ); > J = function( "g",x ); > f = function( "f",g ); > > # like so > > x1 = var( "x1" ); > > f.diff( J( x1 ) ); > > which is the functional f derivate with respect

[sage-devel] Re: Functional derivative consistent with current .diff( )

2013-04-21 Thread ManDay
Typo: All the "g"s are supposed to be J's, sorry. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, s