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Re: Applying a list of 2D paramters to a mathematica function

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  • Subject: [mg68085] Re: [mg68043] Applying a list of 2D paramters to a mathematica function
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:24:09 -0400 (EDT)
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How about simply adding an additional rule:

   f[{x_,y_}] := f[x,y]

Curry Taylor wrote:
>  	I have (for simplicity) something like this:
> 
>  	f[x_, y_] := x+y;
> 
>  	I want to use this function for a variety of parameters in a list:
> 
>  	indices = {{a,b}, {c,d}, {e,f}, ..}
> 
>  	so that I get
> 
>  	{a+b, c+d, e+f, ..}
> 
>  	Doing the intuitive thing (for me)
> 
>  	f /@ indices
> 
>  	results in
> 
>  	{f[{a, b}], f[{c, d}], f[{e, f}], ..}
> 
>  	but what I want is
> 
>  	{f[a, b], f[c, d], f[e, f], ..}
> 
>  	and that's not what I'm getting. I have tried using Flatten, pure 
> functions (Slot # and &), different Map functions, nesting at parameters 
> (like {1} and {2}), and other things but I just can't seem to get what I'm 
> after. Any help please?
> 
>  	Thank you,
> 
> Curry
> 
> 

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