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Re: Very very basic question about Mathematica expressions

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  • Subject: [mg111139] Re: Very very basic question about Mathematica expressions
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:15:22 -0400 (EDT)

For a start at what's going on, try:

   s = x + h;
   Manipulate[s^2, {h, 0.1, 1}]

On 7/20/2010 3:42 AM, Sam Takoy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I find that I don't understand a very basic thing about the building
> blocks of Mathematica.
>
> When the first command is
>
> s = x + h
>
> I figured that (string?) "s" represents (string?) "x+h".
>
> This theory pans out when one tries
>
> s^2
>
> or
>
> D[s, x]
>
> or
>
> Integrate[s, {x, 0, h}]
>
> and
>
> s /. h ->  1
>
> But then by doesn't this work:
>
> Manipulate[ Plot[s, {x, 0, h}], {h, 0.1, 1}]
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>

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