Thanks (I really like that!) but... While this approach worked well
with the numbers given, it generated the same error on larger values
of n.
regards
john perry
On Nov 30, 3:58 pm, "Mike Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > In Maple one typically write f:=x->x if one means a function instead
> > of an expression. Doing something similar in SAGE makes a *lot* of
> > sense, so I don't object inherently to the lambda notation, although
> > the default Python syntax ("lambda") is not intuitive to an "ordinary"
> > math student. A nice solution might be to introduce an intuitive SAGE
> > construction for functions. -- My $.02 (US $ so not as much lately as
> > it used to be...)
>
> Actually, now that I think about it, there is a "nice" way to create
> the function in Sage which I completely forgot about.
>
> sage: f(x) = x
> sage: Midpoint_Riemann_Sums(0,5,f,1000)
> 12.5250000000000
>
> I also put a patch up that make Sage work when you use "f = x". It
> should get into the next release,
>
> --Mike
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