Re: wierd differential
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- Subject: [mg51058] Re: [mg51032] wierd differential
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 05:47:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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Nothing weird: "e" is just another constant; like for any constant c, the derivative of c^x with respec to x is Log[c] c^x. Perhaps you meant the Naperian base E? (Which, if you prefer it to appear lower-case, you can type as Esc ee Esc.) ALL -- I repeat: ALL -- built-in primitives in Mathematica begin with upper-case letters. Hence one-character built-in primitives are upper case: C, D, E, I, N. It is essential to learn such basic principles to avoid distress when beginning to use Mathematica! YOUNGWHAN wrote: > When I put > > \!\(D[1 - e\^\(\(-2\) \((y + 1)\)\), y]\) > > and, the result > > \!\(2\ e\^\(\(-2\)\ \((1 + y)\)\)\ Log[e]\) > > why Log[e] is added? > > > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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