Re: Beginner--getting rid of dot products with zero
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- Subject: [mg66849] Re: Beginner--getting rid of dot products with zero
- From: "Arkadiusz Majka" <Arkadiusz.Majka at telekomunikacja.pl>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 06:55:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Hmmm, here there is everything ok.... :)
In[547]:=
L[k1_, k2_, alpha_, beta_ ] = Total[Log[
q[k1, k2]]] + Total[(y - alpha - beta*q[k1, k2])^2/q[k1, k2]]
Out[547]=
\!\(1\/q[k1, k2] + q[k1, k2] + \((\(-alpha\) + y - beta\ q[k1,
k2])\)\^2\)
In[548]:=
D[L[k1,k2,alpha,beta],alpha]
Out[548]=
-2 (-alpha+y-beta q[k1,k2])
smanky at gmx.de napisal(a):
> hello,
>
> i am economics student... not very familiar with mathematica yet.
>
> i am currently using mathematica to verify derivatives i need in another system's code. and, i am stuck with a not so uncommon problem. however, browsing forums i haven't found the solution for my particular version of the problem yet.
>
> when taking partial derivatives of this expression:
>
> L[k1_, k2_, alpha_, beta_ ] = Total[Log[q[k1, k2]]] + Total[(y - alpha - beta*q[k1, k2])^2/q[k1, k2]];
>
> e.g.
>
> ∂\_alpha\ L[k1, \ k2, \ alpha, \ beta]
>
> the results include terms like e.g.
>
> x.{0,0,0} or 0.{, ,}
>
> how can i get rid of those? one way is probably by using a replace rule, but this seems rather cumbersome, beside the mere fact that i didn't even get this to work, yet. Simplify, or FullSimplify don't help either.
>
> any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> cheers,
>
> ~stephan
>
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