On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Michael wrote:
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< Doug:
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< you need to put a quote in front of diff(y,x).
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< Maxima will give you an implicit solution:
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< (y*log(y)-x)/y = %c
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< -michael
I would think it is better form, and more self-documenting,
to write:
depends(y,x);
diff(y,x)=....
Here, Maxima will nounify diff in the second line because
you have told it on the first that y is a function of x.
If you just write
'diff(y,x)=....
the ' will likely be a bit mysterious later when you look at
the code.
That's my 2p, anyway,
Leo
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