display square of derivative in LaTeX needs parenthesis
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
        
        asked 1 year ago  
 
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Using %display latex
 
diff(x,t)^2 is displayed in LaTeX as
 
\frac{\partial}{\partial t}x^2
 
This is confusing when looking at the LaTeX output. It should have an extra set of parenthesis
 
(\frac{\partial}{\partial t}x)^2
 
Is there a way to get this to display correctly, or to use \frac{\partial x}{\partial t}?
 
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Indeed :
sage: latex(diff(x,t)^2)
\frac{\partial}{\partial t}x\left(t\right)^{2}
i e. ∂∂tx(t)2.
OTOH :
sage: latex(diff(x^2,t))
2 \, x\left(t\right) \frac{\partial}{\partial t}x\left(t\right)
i.e.  2x(t)∂∂tx(t).
No ambiguity there...
Emmanuel Charpentier gravatar imageEmmanuel Charpentier (
    
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