A simple problem related to symbolic calculation

asked 2015-05-30 14:15:05 +0200

Nownuri1
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updated 2015-05-30 14:40:17 +0200

rws
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Could anyone let me know how you can define a variable as some function of another variable without specific definition? For example, how can you define theta as some function of x and then differentiate the 'sin(theta)' by x?

The following is my code that doesn't work. I couldn't find how to fix it in reference manuals. Any help will be appreciated.

var('theta, y, f')

y=sin(theta) ; theta=f(x);

y.derivative(x)

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answered 2015-05-30 14:37:30 +0200

rws
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updated 2015-05-30 16:34:08 +0200

sage: theta = function('theta')(x)
sage: y = sin(theta)
sage: y.diff(x)
cos(theta(x))*D[0](theta)(x)

Dis the differential operator, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe.... The online Sage docs are a bit behind the newest development version, so I cannot give you a link to Sage docs at the moment.

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Thank you so much!

Nownuri1 ( 2015-05-30 14:49:58 +0200 )edit

But could you please tell me what the D[0] (theta) (x) means?

Nownuri1 ( 2015-05-30 14:56:55 +0200 )edit

I added to the answer. HTH.

rws ( 2015-05-30 16:34:46 +0200 )edit

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