Simple linear system in Maxima




On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, deltaquattro at gmail.com wrote:

< Leo,
< 
< thank you very much, now it works perfectly.

You're welcome.

 > < E(a,b):=integrate((f(x)-(a*g(x)+b))^2,x,0,1);
< > <
< > < e1(a,b):=diff(E(a,b),a,1);
< > <
< > < e2(a,b):=diff(E(a,b),b,1);
 
Note that this is liable to lead to tears if you try to evaluate e1 at a
non-symbolic argument. It would be safer to use expressions.
A similar comment applies for E. These issues have been discussed a few
times on the list this month, so I'll direct you there rather than
repeat.

Leo

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