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Re: Output comes same as input in Mathematica

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  • Subject: [mg93452] Re: Output comes same as input in Mathematica
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
  • Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 04:01:11 -0500 (EST)

On 11/7/08 at 6:00 AM, a.akshay87 at gmail.com (Akshay) wrote:

>i am new to mathematica and am using mathematica 5.0. i need to use
>a function Pade for a project.

>in mathematica help browser, i found a few relevant illustrations.
>but when i give the same command as in any of the illustrations, the
>output comes out to be the same command, instead of the output shown
>in the illustration.

>the illustration is In[1]=Pade[Cos[x], {x, 0, 2, 4}]
>Out[1]=(1-61*(x^2)/150)/(1+(7*(x^2)/75)+((x^4)/200))

>here's what i get In[1]=Pade[Cos[x], {x, 0, 2, 4}]
>Out[1]=Pade[Cos[x], {x, 0, 2, 4}]

Before you can use this function you have to load the package
that defines it. This can be done with either of:

<<Calculus`Pade`
Needs["Calculus`Pade`"]

Do this first in a fresh session then try the example.


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