About simpson and traprule funcions



* Juan Pablo Romero Bernal <jromerobernal at gmail.com> [2006-03-19 15:02:33 -0500]:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question about the function simpson and traprule of the share
> folder
> 
> (numeric section). I have an example:
> 
> (%i1) load("simpsn.mac");
> 
> (%o1) simpsn.mac
> (%i2) simpson(x^2,0,5,7);
> 

Perhaps, define f(x):=x^2;  first, then call simpson(f,0,5,7).
Hope this helps.
Milan


> 
> f evaluates to x^2
> 
> Improper name or value in functional position.
> 
> #0: simpson(f=x^2,a=0,b=5,n=7)(simpson-max.mac line 6)
> 
> -- an error. Quitting. To debug this try debugmode(true);
> 
> I don't understand this behavior. The same way, i get an error with
> 
> the function traprule with several functions. Some explain about this ??
> 
> (in the documentation files don't exists information).
> However, i have re-written the code of simpson and traprule functions. I
> send an
> attach file.
> 
> The code has been "tested" in the CVS version under CLisp and Debian
> GNU/Linux Sarge.
> 
> Bye,
> 
> Juan Pablo Romero Bernal
> 
> Grupo Linux Universidad Distrital - Linux Group Distrital University
> 
> Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas
> 
> Bogota - Colombia
> 
> 
> 
> Visita el sitio del Software Libre en Colombia:
> 
> http://www.el-directorio.org
> 
> Visit the Free Software site in Colombia:
> 
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