On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 18:15 +0000, miguel Lopez wrote:
> Suppose I'm a student and i am begining with vector calculus,
> I should expect that divergence was define as:
>
> divergence(f):=[diff(f,x),diff(f,y),diff(f,z)];
...
> We should strive to make the system easy for students, and i don't
> see this
> here.
I've done a lot of work to make Maxima more useful for my
students. And there are several other people in this list who are also
doing the same for their students.
We cannot guess what your student's needs are, and even if you tell us,
we might not have time to help you (we're helping our students) and
we cannot interact with your students to see where they run into
trouble.
If the vector operators introduced in Maxima seem complicated to you,
it is because they were introduced by someone with a different
perspective than yours. Vector/tensor calculus can be taught at several
different levels. If you just complain about their work and do not
give them specific suggestions they will not be able to suit your needs.
Regards,
Jaime