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How do i display a derivative using view()

asked 2015-10-02 10:17:12 +0100

gsonnenf gravatar image

I can currently display the form of an integral in latex using:

f(x) = x + x^2
view( integral(f(x),x, hold=True) ) #displays the form of the derivative

But i can't figure out how to do it for a derivative:

f(x) = x + x^2
view( derivative(f(x),x, hold=True) ) #fails
view( derivative(f(x),x) ) # takes derivative then displays answer instead of the problem

Is their any easy way to do this? If not, whats the recommended way to fake it (inline latex etc)?

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answered 2015-10-02 10:44:57 +0100

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updated 2015-10-02 10:45:24 +0100

As you can see, the problem is not about viewing the formula in LaTeX/pdf, but about telling Sage not to compute the derivative. Indeed , it seems that the derivative method does not support a hold argument (yet).

sage: f(x) = x + x^2
sage: derivative(f(x),x)
2*x + 1
sage: derivative(f(x),x, hold=True)
TypeError: derivative() got an unexpected keyword argument 'hold'
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Apparently the long-delayed http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/6756 would implement this, or at least should implement it but maybe hasn't yet...

kcrisman gravatar imagekcrisman ( 2015-10-03 10:44:51 +0100 )edit

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