On 11/2/07, Paul Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take the opportunity to ask why the unknown 'x' is special in Sage:
Mostly convenience since most people use x for a polynomial or the name of a variable. In earlier versions x was defined to be the polynomial x, now it's a symbolic variable. sage: x? Type: SymbolicVariable Base Class: <class 'sage.calculus.calculus.SymbolicVariable'> String Form: x Namespace: Interactive Hope that helps. didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
