diff problem



Hi,

" is not ''   ;-)
(C37) display2d:false;

(D37) FALSE
(C38) diff(x^2,x);

(D38) 2*x
(C39) 'diff(x^2,x);

(D39) 'DIFF(x^2,x,1)
(C40) ''diff(x^2,x);

(D40) 2*x

best rgds,
Valery

On Friday 03 October 2003 17:02, José Pedro Ferreira wrote:
>I have Maxima 5.9.0 compiled under slackware linux with CLISP.
> Unfortunately, I'm having some problems. When I put the expression
> "diff(x^2,x);", it returns only (d/dy)(x^2), as if i had put the apostrophe
> before the expression. Under windows, it returns the result (2 x).
>Any sugegstions?
>
>Thanks
>
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>Pedro Ferreira
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