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  • Subject: [mg27720] D attributes
  • From: "Arturas Acus" <acus at itpa.lt>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:52:39 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Dear Group,

This is very simple question.
What is the D function mechanism which let it
to go inside lists. See example

In[1]:=
$Version
Out[1]=
"4.0 for Linux (April 21, 1999)"

In[2]:=
Attributes[D]
Out[2]=
{Protected, ReadProtected}

In[3]:=
D[{x, y, {x}}, x]
Out[3]=
{1, 0, {1}}

Why it goes inside lists if there is no Listable
attribute? The same test is true for 4.1 also.

Sincerely, Arturas

                                     
Dr. Arturas Acus
Institute of Theoretical
Physics and Astronomy
Gostauto 12, 2600,Vilnius
Lithuania 


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