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Re: Stupid simple question about counting derivatives

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  • Subject: [mg33460] Re: Stupid simple question about counting derivatives
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 04:06:36 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,

you forgot a space between a and x

D[a x,x]  gives a

Dt[a x,x] gives a+x D[a,x]

as it should.

Regards
  Jens

Jack wrote:
> 
> How do I get Mathematica 2.2 to count the derivatives of the simplest
> parametric functions, i.e.
> 
> (ax)', where a is the parameter and x is the variable. I want to get:
> 
> a
> 
> (Hey, I said it was stupid).
> 
> D[ax,x] gets me 0, Dt[ax,x] gets me Dt[ax,x] and I haven't figured out
> how to use Constants and NonConstants. I'd be grateful for any help as
> this simple problem is driving me crazy.
> 
> --
> Jacek Kie³czewski
> kielczew at poczta.onet.pl


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