Robert, others,
I have already helped Jihene a bit. (Note that this email from her was
actually delayed by about 12 hours.) It turns out that she didn't give us
the full problem statement. It turns out that it is entirely numeric excep=
t
for a parameter f, and all she wants to do is plot her function in terms of
f. There doesn't seem to be any reason to do the calculation symbolically
(there is no cancellation and it gets bigger and bigger).
I came up with the following code sample to help her:
func(f):=3D
block([m, mlist,i],
mlist : [ matrix(...), matrix(...) ],
for i thru 35 do ( mlist : [ mlist[1].mlist[2], mlist[1] ] ),
mlist[1] )
and told her
I probably got the order of the multiplications wrong etc., but you get the
idea I think.
I also didn't test the code.
I was rather shocked by her answer:
I will try this but please if you have time please try this code because I
must have a result before manday. I know that I disturbe but I this problem
is an exame for me.
I am always happy to help people, but...!!!
-s