Re: Derivative Evaluation
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- Subject: [mg6051] Re: [mg6017] Derivative Evaluation
- From: seanross at worldnet.att.net
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:10:43 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
John Cigana wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have a 7 parameters multivariate function. i.e. y = f(x1..x7).
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> I am able to correctly find the partial derivative for each parameter.
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> However, I can't seem to be able to evaluate my derivative at a given
> point. i.e. f'(x1=0.01, x2=0.5, x3=0.02, ... x7=0.05) = Value !
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> Any insight on the subject ?? Any help appreciated !
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> Thanks,
>
> JOHN CIGANA,
Mathematica makes it very clumsy to be able to evaluate the results of
symbolic calculations as functions. Here is how I have been able to do
it.
#1-get rid of any curly braces by taking the [[1]] or [[1,1]] etc part
of the expression.
#2-set the symbolic expression equal to a symbol.
#3-set a second symbol with a variable list equal to the first using a
transformation rule.
Example: suppose your derivative returns:
{{x^2 +y^2}}
Then,
f=%[[1,1]];
ff[a_,b_]:=f/.{x->a,y->b}
should give you an evaluatable function. Since I am writing this from
memory, I remember that the second line works for = or := but not both.
You may have to play a little with the assignment operators.
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