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Re: Re: ToExpression[..,TexForm] does not seem

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  • Subject: [mg104458] Re: [mg104406] Re: [mg104351] ToExpression[..,TexForm] does not seem
  • From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:59:10 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <20091029225146.K51SM.569239.imail@eastrmwml30>
  • Reply-to: drmajorbob at yahoo.com

> Your version number is under the menu
>           Mathematica | About Mathematica...

That's the Front End version. In my case it says 32-bit, yet:

$Version

"7.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 19, 2009)"

As you see, it's a 64-bit kernel.

Bobby

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:48:27 -0500, Nasser M. Abbasi <nma at 12000.org> wrote:

>
>
>
>>
>> The latest Mathematica version is available at
>>
>> http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/latestversion/
>>
>> Your version number is under the menu
>>
>>          Mathematica | About Mathematica...
>>
>>
>> Bob Hanlon
>
> Thanks Bob.
>
> I do not know how to found this, becuase when I go to
>
> http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html
>
> and from there, I do not see a link to this "latest version" page, and  
> that
> where I was stuck.
>
> But thanks for the link, good to know there is a page there with this  
> info,
> even though it seems unlinked from the main product page.
>
> --Nasser
>
>
>
>>
>> ---- "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org> wrote:
>>
>> =============
>> Thanks, I can then only assume that this was a bug in version 7.0.0 and  
>> it
>> was fixed in 7.0.1
>>
>> my system says:
>>
>> "7.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (November 10, 2008)"
>>
>> rant about version numbers follows:
>>
>> Interesting that $Version prints 7.0 on my system like it does on yours
>> below, but the date is different, mine says nov 10 2008 and yours says
>> "February 19, 2009".
>>
>> I assume then you knew, somehow, from the date shown on your end that  
>> this
>> is 7.0.1? It would have been nice if the version number would also have
>> changed/updated to reflect this and not just the date!
>>
>> I noticed for sometime that WRI have something about showing version
>> numbers, it is almost impossible to find what version numbers some of
>> their
>> products are at for some reason.
>>
>> For example, I spent sometime the other day trying to find exactly what
>> version number is the current Mathematica at, and I could not.
>>
>> I think it is 7.0.2, or 7.2.0,  but I am guessing as there is no place  
>> on
>> WRI web site which says anything about this.
>>
>> If any one knows where to find this info, please let me know, as I'd  
>> like
>> to
>> keep my Mathematica version number page correct here
>>
>> http://12000.org/my_notes/compare_mathematica/index.htm
>>
>>
>> --Nasser
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Hanlon" <hanlonr at cox.net>
>> To: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>; <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [mg104351] ToExpression[..,TexForm] does not seem to work  
>> on
>> some Latex commands?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I have version 7.0.1
>>>
>>> $Version
>>>
>>> 7.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 19, 2009)
>>>
>>> s = TeXForm[Sum[f[n], {n, 1, m}]]
>>>
>>> \sum _{n=1}^m f(n)
>>>
>>> ToExpression["\\sum _{n=1}^m f(n)", TeXForm]
>>>
>>> Sum[f[n], {n, 1, m}]
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob Hanlon
>>>
>>> ---- "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> =============
>>>
>>> From: "Bob Hanlon"
>>>
>>>> Put a space after sum in the TeX
>>>>
>>>> s = TeXForm[Sum[f[n], {n, 1, m}]]
>>>>
>>>> \sum _{n=1}^m f(n)
>>>>
>>>> Note the space after sum in the above output
>>>>
>>>> ToExpression["\\sum _{n=1}^m f(n)", TeXForm]
>>>>
>>>> Sum[f[n], {n, 1, m}]
>>>>
>>>> ToExpression["\\sum _ {n=1}^m f(n)", TeXForm]
>>>>
>>>> Sum[f[n], {n, 1, m}]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob Hanlon
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hello;
>>>
>>> I did.
>>>
>>> With or without space, I get the same error. Which version you used? I  
>>> am
>>> using version 7
>>>
>>> In[1]:= ToExpression["\\sum _{n=1}^m f(n)", TeXForm]
>>> During evaluation of In[1]:= ToExpression::esntx:Could not parse \sum
>>> _{n=1}^m f(n) as Mathematica input.
>>> Out[1]= $Failed
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> --Nasser
>>>
>>
>
>


-- 
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com


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