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Re: Re: subscripted function variables

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• Subject: [mg50325] Re: [mg50302] Re: [mg50287] subscripted function variables
• From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
• Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:57:47 -0400 (EDT)
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I use the following utility function when I use subscripted variables (which is rare).
It makes u[i] and Subscript[u,i] synonymous, and that makes the OP's problem easy to solve:

subFunction::usage = "subFunction[symbol] \
formats a[i] as \!\(a\_i\),\n and converts \
an input \!\(a\_i\) into a[i].";
subFunction[a_Symbol] :=
   (MakeExpression[SubscriptBox[ToString[a],
       i__], f_] := MakeExpression[
      RowBox[{ToString[a], "[", i, "]"}]];
    MakeBoxes[a[i_], f_] := SubscriptBox[
      MakeBoxes[a, f], MakeBoxes[i, f]];
    MakeBoxes[a[i__], f_] := SubscriptBox[
      MakeBoxes[a, f], MakeBoxes[{i}, f]])

subFunction[u]
f[u[i_]] := Subscript[u, i]^2
f[u[i]]
u[i]^2

I think this is something Ted Ersek posted years ago, modified just a little.

Bobby

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:50:44 -0400 (EDT), David Park <djmp at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Christopher,
>
> You can use the Notations package, or you can use Ted Ersek's
> SubscriptSymbols package from MathSource at the WRI site. Ted's package uses
> the Notation package and does all the setup for you so makes it easier.
>
> David Park
> djmp at earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
>
> From: Christopher Grinde [mailto:christopher.grinde at hive.no]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> Is there a way to use subscriptewd variable names in functions?
>
> I have tried
>
> f[Subscript[u,1]_]:=Subscript[u,1]^2
>
> but I am not able to make this work.
>
> Any tip would be highly appreciated as I have a code that generates a high
> number of functions using Subscript[u,1]->Subscript[u,n] as variables.
>
> Christopher Grinde
>
>
>
>
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>



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    • From: "David Park" <djmp@earthlink.net>