Re: [sage-support] symbolic linear algebra: beginner questions

2009-11-24 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:27 AM, William Stein wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Felix Breuer wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I want to do symbolic linear algebra with Sage, i.e. I want to >> calculate, say, the determinant of a matrix, where the entries of the >> matrix are symbolic expressions.

Re: [sage-support] symbolic linear algebra: beginner questions

2009-11-24 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Felix Breuer wrote: > Hello! > > I want to do symbolic linear algebra with Sage, i.e. I want to > calculate, say, the determinant of a matrix, where the entries of the > matrix are symbolic expressions. I am under the impression that maxima > is the right package f

[sage-support] symbolic linear algebra: beginner questions

2009-11-24 Thread Felix Breuer
Hello! I want to do symbolic linear algebra with Sage, i.e. I want to calculate, say, the determinant of a matrix, where the entries of the matrix are symbolic expressions. I am under the impression that maxima is the right package for this task. Correct? I am now faced with the following problem