Re: Decompose function into one function for each variable
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- Subject: [mg80807] Re: Decompose function into one function for each variable
- From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 02:57:02 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <fbaqnl$qba$1@smc.twtelecom.net>
On 1 , 07:44, tomfabtas... at hotmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I have a function : > > k[lgd_, pd_] := A[lgd] * B[pd] * C[pd] - D[lgd] * E[pd] * C[pd] > > and I woulud like to decompose the function into : > > k[lgd_, pd_] = Y[lgd] + Z[pd] > > Any ideas how I can make this decomposition ? > > Thanks, > Tom Dear Tom, 1) Do not use Capital letters as user defined symbols, variables and etc. In this way you will avoid possible confliction issues. The symbols E and D are respectively In[4]:= Information /@ {E, D}; >From In[4]:= "E is the exponential constant e (base of natural logarithms), with numerical value approximately equal to 2.71828." >From In[4]:= Attributes[E] = {Constant, Protected, ReadProtected} >From In[4]:= "D[f, x] gives the partial derivative of f with respect to x. D[f, {x, n}] gives the nth partial derivative of f with respect to \ x. D[f, x1, x2, ... ] gives a mixed derivative." >From In[4]:= Attributes[D] = {Protected, ReadProtected} Options[D] := {NonConstants -> {}} 2) No help can be given if you don't show your function. Regards Dimitris