On 15 Ășn, 02:44, Dana Ernst <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2.  Is there a way for Sage to simplify (respectively, expand) expressions 
> like ln(x)+ln(y) (respectively, ln(x*y)?  Sage does what you would expect 
> with trig functions using trig_expand, but I figure out how to deal with logs.

wait few days for Sage 4.3.3: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7334
command simplify_log and expand_log

>
> 4.  When to use f.somecommand() is still mysterious to me.  It seems that 
> some times, but not always, you can use somecommand(f).  For example, take
>
> f=(x+1)^2
>
> Then both integral(f,x) and f.integral(x) work.  However, f.is_zero() works, 
> but is_zero(f) does not.  Can someone help me understand this (without having 
> to learn Python; I'll do that later)?

try also automatic_names(True) ( http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7482
)

Robert





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