Subject: passing functions as argument one more time
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 20:13:42 -0600
Ram,
> I need to pass different functions to compute its B-spline representations.
> I do not want earlier functions to corrupt results.
Spline approximations to functions or expressions seems like an
excellent demonstration of the usefulness of symbolic computation.
If you get something working I would be interested to see it.
Perhaps you would consider contributing the code to the Maxima
project under terms of the GPL. Let us know how it goes & we can
try to help with the problems you encounter.
Some minor points about name collisions. You can call ?gensym() (the
Lisp symbol generator) to make a unique name. But before using it
consider carefully whether it actually makes the problem simpler.
Also, you might consider working with lambda expressions which are
nameless functions and therefore there isn't a problem with name collisions.
Robert Dodier