Defining a function of vector variables

ajd
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I would like to define a Sage function that takes a vector variable and computes the result of some vector function on it, something like

f(v) = v.dot_product(vector((1,1)))

However, when I try to run this in Sage, I get

AttributeError: 'sage.symbolic.expression.Expression' object has no
attribute 'dot_product'

Is there a way to achieve this effect in Sage?

Comments

To elaborate, `f(v)` creates a symbolic variable `v`, which is not (necessarily) a vector. Sage doesn't currently have symbolic vector types per se.

kcrisman ( 10 years ago )

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zmwangx
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You can always use a Python def:

sage: def f(v):
    return v.dot_product(vector((1,1)))

sage: f(vector((2,1)))
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