[sage-support] Re: derivative solution within an interval

2013-03-04 Thread Emmanuel Charpentier
Le samedi 2 mars 2013 17:00:15 UTC+1, Emmanuel Charpentier a écrit : [ An idiocy ... ] [ Snip... ] > Since s1 is  irst-degree equation in t, this is the only real > nonnegative maximum (it is easy to show that there is no negative > maximum). > Now, try brute force via the to_poly_solve solver

[sage-support] Re: derivative solution within an interval

2013-03-02 Thread Emmanuel Charpentier
Dear Jose, Le mercredi 27 février 2013 14:18:45 UTC+1, Jose Guzman a écrit : > > I am trying to find the maximun of an exponential expression of the form: > > sage: t=var('t') > sage: g(t) = e**(-t/10)-e^(-t/2) > > between 0 and say 50. My idea is to get the maximun to normalize the > function