diff(y,t) where y=f(z) and z=f(t)

• Subject: diff(y,t) where y=f(z) and z=f(t)
• From: Stavros Macrakis
• Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:23:16 -0500

On 1/16/07, Ryan Krauss <ryanlists at gmail.com> wrote:
> The main problem is that Maxima keeps outputting an answer that
> contains a derivative with repect to time which should be simple to
> evaluate.  But Maxima refuses to evaluate it and I don't know how to
> make it.  As I copy and paste from wxMaxima, I see the ' in front of
> the diff that forces the non-evaluation.  How would I make that go
> away?

expr: 'diff(x^2,x)

ev(expr,diff) => 2*x

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