(%i1) e : 1+exp(a*(x+b));
(%o1) %e^(a*(x+b))+1
(%i2) diff(e,x);
(%o2) a*%e^(a*(x+b))
(%i3) diff(e,a);
(%o3) (x+b)*%e^(a*(x+b))
(%i4) diff(e,x,2);
(%o4) a^2*%e^(a*(x+b))
(%i5) diff(e,x,1,a,1);
(%o5) a*(x+b)*%e^(a*(x+b))+%e^(a*(x+b))
To read the user documentation for 'diff,' at a command prompt,
type: ? diff
Barton
maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote on 02/27/2007 07:27:42 AM:
> Hi
>
> Can someone tell me how to explicitly derive from Maxima the first
> and higher derivations of
> n
> d (1+exp(a*(x+b))
> ------------------------
> n
> dx
>
> KR
>
> Andrej Grebenc
>
>
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