[sage-support] Re: Drawing points on a sphere

2008-11-08 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Nov 8, 2008, at 7:52 PM, acardh wrote: > Hi, > Plotting an sphere is straightforward but I need help in how to draw > points on the sphere. The sphere will represent the Earth and the > points will be some geo-coordinates . > > Thanks!!! This depends on how your points are given. I'm going to

[sage-support] like prolog

2008-11-08 Thread cesarnda
can I program stuff in Sage, like the stuff I can program in prolog? I have programmed several prolog programs and I wish I could code them in Sage, for example, a program that having an input: P -> (Q -> P) its output is true. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to

[sage-support] Drawing points on a sphere

2008-11-08 Thread acardh
Hi, Plotting an sphere is straightforward but I need help in how to draw points on the sphere. The sphere will represent the Earth and the points will be some geo-coordinates . Thanks!!! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googl

[sage-support] Re: tan(pi/2) unevaluated?

2008-11-08 Thread Robert Dodier
Gary wrote: > I've been trying to evaluate a symbolic double integral but am > perplexed by the unevaluated tan(pi/2) expressions in the result since > tan(pi/2) is undefined. What am I missing here and what do I need to > do to get this to evaluate to the correct value of > (4*pi - 3*sqrt(3))*a^

[sage-support] Re: tan(pi/2) unevaluated?

2008-11-08 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all :-) > > I'm new to sage and to this group. > > I teach at a two-year college and have been exploring the > possibilities of incorporating sage into some of my classes. On my > laptop I also have Mathematica and Matlab in

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread M. Yurko
OK, I typed that line in and I got no output and no errors. On Nov 8, 6:12 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, M. Yurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If its a problem with permissions, then how would I verify this and > > fix it. I've only been usin

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, M. Yurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If its a problem with permissions, then how would I verify this and > fix it. I've only been using linux for about 8 months Type something like the following at the command line, where Myurko gets replaced by your Linux usern

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread M. Yurko
If its a problem with permissions, then how would I verify this and fix it. I've only been using linux for about 8 months On Nov 8, 5:48 pm, "Timothy Clemans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That sounds like a problem with permissions. > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM, M. Yurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread Timothy Clemans
That sounds like a problem with permissions. On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM, M. Yurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before, I was using 3.0.1 I believe, but I ended up having to do a > reformat (by Ubuntu installation gave a kernel panic after the upgrade > to Intrepid), and so it was a fresh in

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread M. Yurko
Before, I was using 3.0.1 I believe, but I ended up having to do a reformat (by Ubuntu installation gave a kernel panic after the upgrade to Intrepid), and so it was a fresh installation. I copied the old notebook folder from the old installation. When I didn't see them after adding them back I, t

[sage-support] Re: Notebook can't view files

2008-11-08 Thread Marshall Hampton
I wonder if this is a permissions issue - ? I have had some similar problems in the past, some of which were permission-related. Others I think arose from changes to the notebook and I never figured them out, nor was I able to reprduce them (so I never filed a ticket), but that was about a year a