On Saturday 10 May 2008 20:08, Ronald Modesitt wrote:
> Rich,
> You're right this is really a cool feature. One I'm exploring and one I am
> confused about. If I have two named expression e.g.
> e1:y=-x-3 and
> e2:y=3+4x-x^2
> How can I plot them? I've tried
> Plot2d([e1,e2], [x,-3-8])
> And get no response. I know this is a newbie issue but I need some help
> understanding my error.
Check the plot2d documentation.
(%i1) e1 : -x-3$
(%i2) e2 : 3+4*x-x^2$
(%i3) plot2d([e1,e2], [x,-8,-3])$
> Is there documentation on 'named expressions' somewhere?
Read the sections 5, 6 of the Maxima manual
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/en/maxima.html
or at least some basic tutorial like "Minimal Maxima"
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs/tutorial/en/minimal-maxima.pdf
HTH.
--
Alexey Beshenov <al at beshenov.ru>
http://beshenov.ru/
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