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@calc314 This is awesome... Had I thought about Heaviside for defining my piecewise functions, many of my problems in Sage would have been solved instantly... Thanks

I would like to integrate a piecewise defined function while operating a change of variable. I start by defining the function and another variable involved in the change of variable:

phi(x)   = piecewise([([-1,1], (1-abs(x))*(1-abs(x))*(1+2*abs(x)))]);
phi(x)   = phi.extension(0); 
h=pi/n;
h=h.n();

What I would like to do is integrate the function phi(x/h-1) between 0 and pi so I try it and results in

integral(phi(x/h-1),x,0,pi)
ValueError: substituting the piecewise variable must result in real number

So I then try to use another variable which I try to define to be 'real'

t=var('t')
assume(t,'real');
integral(phi(t/h-1),t,0,pi)

but it results in the same error... Now I try the "lambda" method since it worked when calling the plot function with the same change of variable; but fail again

integral(lambda t: phi(t/h-1),t,0,pi)
TypeError: unable to convert <function <lambda> at 0x16d71f140> to a symbolic expression

Now I try to use another integration method with definite_integral but get the same errors, only different for the "lambda" method

definite_integral(lambda x: phi(x/h-1),x,0,pi)
TypeError: cannot coerce arguments: no canonical coercion from <type 'function'> to Symbolic Ring

Is there any way around this? I really do not know what else to try...

@paulmasson Thanks, it worked; and I would at least vote your answer but I lack the minimum 10 points to do so...

I have the following piecewise function:

phi   = piecewise([([-1,1], (1-abs(x))*(1-abs(x))*(1+2*abs(x)))]);
phi   = phi.extension(0);

It appears to be a valid function since I can obtain/plot its values for any 'x'. But whenever I try to substitute the variable, it does not work. For example,

phi(2)
0

but if I declare another variable 'h' and try to input that variable into the piecewise function, it does not appear to work:

h=pi/2
phi(h)
TypeError: self must be a numeric expression

At first I thought that 'h' was not a 'numeric' or 'real' value, but when I test it, it is a real value:

h.is_real()
True

How can I overcome this? How can I successfully operate a variable substitution in my piecewise function?

I have 7 values: a, b, c, d, e, f and g

I would like to construct an m by n matrix in this way:

[ a b c d 0 0 0 0 . . . .]
[ b e f g 0 0 0 0 . . . .]
[ c f a b c d 0 0 . . . .]
[ d g b e f g 0 0 . . . .]
[ 0 0 c f a b c d 0 0 . .]
[ 0 0 d g b e f g 0 0 . .]
[ . . 0 0 c f a b c d . .]
[ . . 0 0 d g b e f g . .]

And so forth...

Therefore, the desired matrix is symmetrical. Values a and e alternate on the main diagonal; values b and f alternate on the 1st upper diagonal; values c and g alternate on the 2nd upper diagonal; values d and 0 alternate on the 3rd upper diagonal. I would like to be able to specify the matrix size with m by n parameters (even though the resulting matrix is non-square).

What would be an efficient way to construct this matrix?