Hi: The commands
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/sagefiles/sage-2.8.2> ./sage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | SAGE Version 2.8.5, Release Date: 2007-09-21 | | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sage: t = var('t') sage: x = function('x', t) sage: (m,b,k,w,g,F0) = var("m,b,k,w,g,F0") sage: de = lambda y: diff(y,t,t) + w^2*y - F0*cos(g*t) sage: F0 = 1; g = 1; w = 2 sage: desolve_laplace(de(x(t)),["t","x"],[0,0,0]) 'cos(t)/3-cos(2*t)/3' work fine on the command line but online (using the sage.math notebook) they give an error Exception (click to the left for traceback): ... TypeError: unsupported operand parent(s) for '+': '<type 'str'>' and 'Symbolic Ring' This is an issue since this specific problem is a possible assignment for my DEs classes this semester. Some students can't install the SAGE software due to inexperience with computers, so I wanted to give them the option of using sage.math instead. - David Joyner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---