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  • Subject: [mg131336] Re: Using manipulate with user entered variables and functions
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 04:56:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Manipulate[
 Module[
  {var = Union[Cases[f,
      _Symbol?(! NumericQ[#] &), Infinity]]},
  Grid[
   {HoldForm[D[Style["f", Italic], #] //
        TraditionalForm] & /@ var,
    (D[f, #] // Simplify //
        TraditionalForm) & /@ var},
   BaseStyle ->
    {FontFamily -> "Times", Large},
   Background -> Yellow, Frame -> All,
   FrameStyle -> {Blue, Thickness[2]}]],
 {{f, 4 x y^3 + x y,
   Style["f", Italic, FontFamily -> "Times", Medium]},
  (# -> Style[TraditionalForm[#], Large,
       FontFamily -> "Times"]) & /@
   {4 x y^3 + x y, -3 x + x^2 - 6},
  ControlType -> PopupMenu}]



Bob Hanlon


On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:21 AM, sigismond kmiecik <
sigismond.kmiecik at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I tried to modify the answer you gave in order to have all the expressions
> displayed in traditional form  (in the popup menu and the evaluated output)
> without success apart for the symbol for differentiation.
>
> My updated notebook:
>
>
> Manipulate[
>  Module[{var = Union[Cases[f, _Symbol?(! NumericQ[#] &), Infinity]]},
>   Grid[{HoldForm[D["f", #] // TraditionalForm] & /@ var,
>     Simplify[Map [D[f, #] &, var]]},
>    BaseStyle -> {Bold, FontFamily -> "Times", Large},
>    Background -> Yellow, Frame -> All,
>    FrameStyle -> {Blue, Thickness[4]}]], {f, {4 x y^3 + x y,
>    TraditionalForm[-3 x + x^2 - 6]} , ControlType -> PopupMenu,
>   Background -> LightRed }]
>
> The second expression of "f"  is displayed as I want in the popup menu but
> it generates an odd output.
> What is wrong and how can I apply to the  popup menu the  Basestyle option
> I added to the Grid definition?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sigismond Kmiecik
>
>
> Le 12/06/2013 11:27, Bob Hanlon a =E9crit :
>
>> Manipulate[
>>   Module[{
>>     var = Union[
>>       Cases[f, _Symbol?(! NumericQ[#] &),
>>        Infinity]]},
>>    Grid[{HoldForm[D["f", #]] & /@ var,
>>      Simplify[D[f, #] & /@ var]},
>>     Frame -> All,
>>     FrameStyle -> {LightGray, Thin}]],
>>   {f, {
>>     x (x^2 + y^3),
>>     x*Sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2],
>>     Sin[(x^2 - t)]/(x (y^2 + z^2))},
>>    ControlType -> PopupMenu}]
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Hanlon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:05 AM, <nmueggen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I am trying to create a program through which a user can enter a number
>>> of
>>> variable names and a function of those variables.  The program then
>>> performs calculations based on derivatives of the function with respect
>>> to
>>> the entered variables.  Eventually this will become a tool for error
>>> propagation in an undergraduate physics lab.
>>>
>>> The following simple program allows a user to enter two variables and a
>>> function of those variables.  It then calculates the partial derivatives
>>> of
>>> the function with respect to each of the variables.
>>>
>>> Manipulate[{D[f, var[1]], D[f, var[2]]}, {var[1], x}, {var[2], y}, {f,
>>>     x^2 + y^3}]
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to extend this program to allow for an adjustable number of
>>> variables.  I'm imagining using nested manipulate commands to allow the
>>> number of variables to be user controlled.  To do this I also need the
>>> program to be able to adjust how many derivatives are being calculated.
>>>  I
>>> tried to
>>> replace the list of derivative commands with a table:
>>>
>>> Manipulate[
>>>   Table[D[f, var[i]], {i, 1, 2}], {var[1], x}, {var[2], y}, {f,
>>>    x^2 + y^3}]
>>>
>>> This does not work.  I suspect that the Table command somehow causes it
>>> to
>>> calculate the derivatives before the function and/or variables are
>>> defined
>>> based on the manipulate controls.  How do I control this order of
>>> evaluation?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> --
> Sigismond Kmiecik
>
>



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