Re: Step by step answer ?
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- Subject: [mg51571] Re: [mg51534] Step by step answer ?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:21:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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If you want to see how derivatives are calculated step-by-step, go to calc101.com. To see how indefinite integrals are calculated step-by-step, go to calc101.com but you have to pay a modest fee in this case (except for some "canned" examples). However, the procedures shown at that site, especially for integrals do not have to be using -- and probably do NOT use -- the actual algorithm that the Mathematica kernel uses! For example, an efficient way to evaluate many integrals of rational functions is to write down the form of the integral (involving perhaps inverse trig functions, logs, etc.) with as-yet-unknown coefficients, then to differentiate the form of the result, equate it with the given function to be integrated, and solve algebraic equations for the unknown coefficients. On the other hand, this is NOT the way that integration of rational functions is normally taught in calculus! Bruno Robin wrote: > Hi all, > > It seems that mathematica does not provide a step by step answer like > a teacher. Do yo know a tool that does it ? -- 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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- Step by step answer ?
- From: bruno.robin@alcatel.fr (Bruno Robin)
- Step by step answer ?