[sage-support] Re: Function defined with matrices won't plug in values for function

2018-12-02 Thread Simon King
Hi Saad, as an algebraist I may be biased, but I have never understood why so many people try to use symbolics when they are not doing calculus. Calculus is a pancake, not a panacea (sorry for the bad joke). Without a joke: Quite many user questions can be answered in that way: "You try to

[sage-support] Re: Function defined with matrices won't plug in values for function

2018-12-02 Thread Nils Bruin
On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:22:25 AM UTC-8, saad khalid wrote: > > I appreciate the help with solving my problem, though I do have some > comments/questions to make with regard to usability for new users: > > Why can't matrices be allowed in SR in a nontrivial way? > >From a mathematical

[sage-support] Re: Function defined with matrices won't plug in values for function

2018-12-02 Thread saad khalid
I appreciate the help with solving my problem, though I do have some comments/questions to make with regard to usability for new users: Why can't matrices be allowed in SR in a nontrivial way? Or, for some function H(s), why cant the behavior H(1) = H(s=1) be the default behavior? I guess my