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Re: Now I understand that it was an input problem!!

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  • Subject: [mg45029] Re: Now I understand that it was an input problem!!
  • From: "Mukhtar Bekkali" <mbekkali at hotmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 06:06:26 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Iowa State University
  • References: <brcidj$2rl$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

You should have got this message (unless you manually disable it)

"Possible spelling error: new symbol name LOG is similar to existing symbol
Log"

I always do get this sort of messages whey I misspell commands.  I believe
it says somewhere that commands must start with capital letters, that should
have rang the bell that M is case sensitive.


"geoman" <geogeo9090 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:brcidj$2rl$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> The integrator at wolfram finally after two weeks of cursing and  Emails
and the like, evaluates the following integral properly
>
> 1/(x Log[x])  =  Log[Log[x]]
>
> or
>
> 1/(x*Log[x])  =  Log[Log[x]]
>
> notice that contrary to some responses I had to include two curved braces
as shown.
>
> Satisfied? NO
>
> Mathematica is way too case sensitive
>
> The problem was that I was entering integrals like this:
>
> log[x]
>
> LOG[x]
>
> But mathematica WANTS
>  Log[x]     groan!!!
>
> Mathematica could have saved two weeks of trouble if it had just said
"Incorrect format"
>
>
>
>
>
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