Re: Mathworld Utility Packages
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- Subject: [mg132142] Re: Mathworld Utility Packages
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 02:18:49 -0500 (EST)
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On 22/12/2013 10:50, Syd Geraghty wrote:> Hi, > > Can someone please direct me to an updated source of Eric Weisstein's Mathworld Utility Packages that allows one to copy and run Mathworld notebooks in a newly set up Mathematica 9 environment (with standard setup configuration chosen). > > Online documentation dates back to Mathematica 6 from 2007. > > "For a list of Eric's math packages that may be needed to evaluate this notebook, see Mathematica Information Center's MathSource item 4775. A list of Eric's utility packages that may be needed to evaluate this notebook may be downloaded from MathSource item 5087". > > http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/5087/ > > http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/4775 > > Point to: > > MathWorldPackages.zip (994.8 KB) - Eric Weisstein's MathWorld Packages 2007-10-10 [for Mathematica 6.0] > > > But unzipping and inserting them per: > > "To use these packages in Mathematica, place them in a folder called MathWorld inside your $UserAddOnsDirectory/Applications directory (or any other directory on your $Path)". > > Then evaluating: > > <<MathWorld`SpecialFunctions` > > Gives output: > > SetDelayed::write: Tag Gudermannian in MakeBoxes[Gudermannian[z_],TraditionalForm] is Protected. >> > SetDelayed::write: Tag Haversine in MakeBoxes[Haversine[z_],TraditionalForm] is Protected. >> > SetDelayed::write: Tag InverseGudermannian in MakeBoxes[InverseGudermannian[z_],TraditionalForm] is Protected. >> > General::stop: Further output of SetDelayed::write will be suppressed during this calculation. >> > > MathWorld`SpecialFunctions` is not loaded. > If you can't find a suitable version of this package, you could just add: Unprotect[Gudermannian]; Unprotect[Haversine]; Unprotect[InverseGudermannian]; at the start of the package (just edit the .m file with a text editor). Unless there are further problems (unlikely), this will fix the problem. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk