On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, Evan Cooch wrote:
< Actually -- I lie. I did look at impdiff, but without some worked examples
< for the implicit_derivative function, wasn't sure how to proceed (it would be
< handy if everything was defined/described with at least one or more worked
< examples -- a general comment, and not simply one directed at Maxima). In
< looking at the basic description, it involves an array function, amongst other
< things I'm not (as of yet) familiar with. I was looking for the path of least
< resistance -- a workable solution (that was somewhat more forgiving for
< newcomers than this function seems to be) was posted earlier.
<
I would suggest you look at Ted Woollett's tutorial "Maxima by Example"
listed at
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/documentation.html
Ted discusses your implicit differentiation question in ch. 6, and
gives his own solution, which is readily understandable by your
students.
Leo
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