Subject: passing functions as argument one more time
From: amli at comcast.net
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:43:11 +0000
Thank you Robert. I have used mathematica but I am still learning maxima. I would apply the lambda expression and other suggestions to my scripts. I would be very happy to contribute once I have B-splines results working to my satisfaction. I would like to thank everyone for the suggestions they offered. Now I only need time to implement and test.
Ram Kochhar
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From: "Robert Dodier" <robert.dodier at gmail.com>
> 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