Questions about intermediate steps when performing the differentiate diff
Subject: Questions about intermediate steps when performing the differentiate diff
From: Richard Fateman
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 07:02:48 -0700
On 5/20/2011 10:54 PM, Dr. Klemens Waldh?r wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there an option to show the intermediate steps when performing the
> differentiate diff command?
>
> I am using maxima in my lessons and students sometimes ask to see the
> intermediate steps and rules applied of more complex differentiations to
> understand the results.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Klemens
>
>
>
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try typing
trace(?sdiff);
diff(f(x)*g(x),x);
and see if that is what you want.
?sdiff is an internal lisp program used by diff.
RJF