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I'll continue my comment here so the code is clear. Go to a Sage cell server, such as here and copy paste the following code into the box:
var('n')
diff(x^n,x)
Press "Evaluate" and your output will be: nx^(n-1) Your question indicates that you tried diff(x^n,x) without declaring var('n'). Sage assumes x is a variable but everything else must be declared as a variable.
If you've followed the code above and you don't get nx^(n-1) then you should give the specifics about what version of Sage you are running and whether it is as a notebook or something else.
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I'll continue my comment here so the code is clear. Go to a Sage cell server, such as here and copy paste the following code into the box:
var('n')
diff(x^n,x)
Press "Evaluate" and your output will be: nx^(n-1)
nx^(n-1).
Your question indicates that you tried diff(x^n,x) without declaring var('n'). Sage assumes x is a variable but everything else must be declared as a variable.
If you've followed the code above and you don't get nx^(n-1) then you should give the specifics about what version of Sage you are running and whether it is as a notebook or something else.
