How to expand an symbolic expression.

asked 2012-01-23 18:14:39 +0200

Anonymous

updated 2012-01-23 19:21:12 +0200

Shashank

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With Maple I can write

T := proc(f,n,x) 
local v; 
add(binomial(n,v)*f(v+1)*(x)^v,v=0..n) 
end:

and then

T(f,4,x)

will give me the answer

f(1)+4*f(2)*x+6*f(3)*x^2+4*f(4)*x^3+f(5)*x^4.

If I write the same with Sage

def T(f,n,x): 
    return add(binomial(n,v)*f(v+1)*(x)^v for v in (0..n))
var('f')
T(f,4,x)

then I will get the answer

5*x^4 + 16*x^3 + 18*x^2 + 8*x + 1.

How do I have to proceed to get Maple's answer?

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The answer, as indicated by burcin, simply is: Replace in your code "var('f')" by "f=function('f')".

petropolis ( 2012-01-24 07:38:34 +0200 )edit

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answered 2012-01-24 08:58:11 +0200

burcin
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f=function('f')
def T(f,n,x): 
    ans=0
    for v in range(n+1):
        ans=ans+binomial(n,v)*f(v+1)*(x)^v
    return ans

print T(f,4,x)

gives:

x^4*f(5) + 4*x^3*f(4) + 6*x^2*f(3) + 4*x*f(2) + f(1)

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answered 2012-01-23 19:48:14 +0200

Shashank

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updated 2012-01-24 06:16:26 +0200

burcin
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This should do the job.

f=function('f')
def T(f,n,x): 
    ans=0
    for v in range(n+1):
        ans=ans+binomial(n,v)*f(v+1)*(x)^v
    return ans

print T(f,4,x)

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This gives the answer 16*x^3 + 18*x^2 + 8*x + 1.

petropolis ( 2012-01-24 05:44:21 +0200 )edit

I made a couple of changes to fix the code above. Declared f as a symbolic function, removed redundant var('ans'), and fixed the bounds for range().

burcin ( 2012-01-24 06:18:35 +0200 )edit

burcin, changing an answer is not a good way to edit. It makes my comment ridiculous and gives credit for the right answer to the wrong person. Please give your own answer. I will accept it then.

petropolis ( 2012-01-24 07:38:40 +0200 )edit

I would have voted Shashank's answer down (if I had >100 points), not because it was wrong, but because Shashank obviously did not even verify his answer by testing it at least once.

petropolis ( 2012-01-24 08:44:15 +0200 )edit

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