Re: D[Xc, X] = Nonsense ?
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- Subject: [mg10568] Re: D[Xc, X] = Nonsense ?
- From: Paul Abbott <paul@physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 16:54:10 -0500
- Organization: University of Western Australia
- References: <69n9hr$7vr@smc.vnet.net>
Kowald wrote:
> I'm using Mathematica 3 on a NT4 machine and I tried to use the new nice
> subscripts for naming my variables.
> I have a variable Xc (that's X subscript c) and a variable X which are
> non-identical. If I now try
> D[Xc ,X] I get Subscript(1,0) [X,c] instead of zero. If I type
> D[Xc ,Y] everything is okay.
> So somehow Mathematica gets confused about the subscript. Does this mean
> I cannot have variables whose only difference is a subscript ?
It is possible: you need Symbolize in which is in <<Utilities`Notation`
The following button (paste the Cell[...] into a Mathematica Notebook)
hyperlinks to the on-line documentation for the Notation pacakge:
Cell[TextData[{
"See the ",
ButtonBox["Notation Maker",
ButtonData:>{"Notation"},
ButtonStyle->"GettingStartedLink"],
" included with the Notebook Demos in the Help Browser." }], "Text"]
Cheers,
Paul
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