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Re: Function of N variable

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  • Subject: [mg121101] Re: Function of N variable
  • From: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:05:18 -0400 (EDT)
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  • Reply-to: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>

E.G, the following?

      
Grad[f_][x__] := Switch[Length[{x}],
 1, {Derivative[1][f][x]},
 2, {Derivative[1, 0][f][x], Derivative[0, 1][f][x]},
 3, {Derivative[1, 0, 0][f][x], Derivative[0, 1, 0][f][x], 
 Derivative[0, 0, 1][f][x]},
 4, {Derivative[1, 0, 0, 0][f][x], Derivative[0, 1, 0, 0][f][x], 
 Derivative[0, 0, 1, 0][f][x], Derivative[0, 0, 0, 1][f][x]}]

      
f[x_, y_] = x^2 + y^2;
Grad[f][x, y]

Thanks!


________________________________
From: Ethan Dyer <ethansdyer at gmail.com>
To: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>
Cc: "mathgroup at smc.vnet.net" <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 9:24 AM
Subject: [mg121101] Re: Function of N variable

Sam,

  Mathematica allows one to define functions that take an arbitrary number of arguments using double underscore (BlankSequence) or triple underscore (BlankNullSequence)

For instance F[args__]:={args} takes in any number of arguments except zero.

A function defined with three underscores can take any number including zero.

Ethan


On Aug 27, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have put together a few function for differential geometry in 3D.
> All my functions were of the kind F(z1_, z2_, z3_). Now I want to
> generalize to 4D, then 5D, etc. Is there a good way to represent a
> function of N variables? For example, I want to be able to say grad[F]
> [???] to obtain a list of N function (partial derivatives) of N
> variables. I understand these are vague questions, but I am only
> looking for some keywords.
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> Sam
> 



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