[sage-support] Re: abstract algebraic equivalence

2013-06-14 Thread Stephen Nuchia
Continuing to answer my own questions ... I went back to Isabelle and found that it has been evolving very nicely, and that very large scale proofs about programs have been accomplished using it. One still has to know what one is doing but it is no longer a matter of juggling chainsaws. The Is

[sage-support] Re: generate latex from symbolic expression without \;

2013-06-13 Thread Stephen Nuchia
I think the reason for it is probably because Sage variables are so often words rather than letters When using LaTeX directly on formulas involving typical programming variable names one has to override the "carefully tuned spacing" in just this way. A patch to leave out the space when both si

[sage-support] Re: generate latex from symbolic expression without \;

2013-06-13 Thread Stephen Nuchia
I think the reason for it is probably because Sage variables are so often words rather than letters. A patch to leave out the space when both sides of a product are integer literals, single-letter variables or have non-default (user defined) latex forms. When using LaTeX directly on formulas

[sage-support] Re: abstract algebraic equivalence

2013-06-12 Thread Stephen Nuchia
Apparently the answer to my last question is "yes". Since I originally studied the Sage tutorials a couple of years ago "var" has been extended to attache a domain to variables. Still reading up on it, it's connected to the assumptions mechanism and simplify method. I used all of the above in

[sage-support] Re: sage sw for office

2013-06-12 Thread Stephen Nuchia
This forum is for the open-source mathematics program called Sage. You want the commercial office automation software company called Sage. See sage.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r

[sage-support] abstract algebraic equivalence

2013-06-12 Thread Stephen Nuchia
In graduate school I used Mathematica all day every day. I've not had the luxury of that kind of immersion in Sage (yet). But I've searched the documentation and the forums and I see others struggling with the same issue I'm having so I don't think it's just me. I am working on mathematical a