[sage-support] Re: How use substitute method in function definitions?

2009-03-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Mar 27, 6:04 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe one (you? :) ) can implement a catch... At first I was interested in this change but now I'm wondering if it is best the way it is now. f(x) = defines a symbolic object as was previously mentioned. A symbolic object is for

[sage-support] Re: How use substitute method in function definitions?

2009-03-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Mar 27, 6:20 pm, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: We already have plenty of approximation functions attached to the symbolic functions. sage: sin(1).numerical_approx() Yes. I was unclear. What I meant was it wouldn't make sense to use approximation function in the

[sage-support] Re: When absolutely must declare vars?

2009-03-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Mar 27, 5:58 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: And I wasn't implying one should always define callable functions, I just meant it is an argument for doing so as often as possible when it is reasonable.  I do not personally always like callable functions, but this is an argument for

[sage-support] Why plot() won't plot this function?

2009-03-30 Thread Chris Seberino
In a new sage session... (Notice the A(t) function returns values just fine. Why doesn't plot () like it?) sage: W(t)=95*sqrt(t)*sin(t/6)^2 sage: R(t)=275*sin(t/3)^2 sage: def A(t): : return 1200 + numerical_integral(W(x)-R(x),0,t)[0] : sage: A(0) 1200.0 sage: A(18)

[sage-support] Re: Why plot() won't plot this function?

2009-04-01 Thread Chris Seberino
On Mar 31, 11:06 am, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: Oh, right.  Duh.  I should have seen that. Since you nor I did see that, should we ask if there is a way to unify the syntax for symbolic expressions and python functions to make plotting more idiot proof so to speak? Or

[sage-support] On best way to use plot() with functions...

2009-04-04 Thread Chris Seberino
def g(x): return numerical_integral(sin(t),0,x)[0] For the function g, this works: sage: plot(g,x,2,4) but not this sage:plot(g(x), x, 2, 4) If I'm not mistaken, the first form of plot above works with ALL functions right? So is there any reason to ever bother with second form just

[sage-support] Ubuntu 8.04 Sage tarball doesn't work in Ubuntu 9.04?

2009-04-16 Thread Chris Seberino
Which Sage tarball/package should I use for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty beta) ?? The Ubuntu 8.10 tarball doesn't work there. I get 9587 Illegal instruction cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

[sage-support] Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-24 Thread Chris Seberino
Notice first and second are very similar except for the cos() and exp (). Why first one ok but second bombs? sage: numerical_integral(sin(pi*cos(x/2)),0,2)[0] 0.85397903781471396 sage: numerical_integral(sin(pi*exp(x/2)),0,2)[0]

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 24, 7:09 pm, mabshoff michael.absh...@mathematik.uni- dortmund.de wrote: So I cannot reproduce this. What platform are you on and are you using a binary, build from source, etc? I'm on an Ubuntu 9.04 ThinkPad T41 laptop. I built my Sage install from 3.4 source myself as there was no

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 25, 2:10 am, mabshoff michael.absh...@mathematik.uni- dortmund.de wrote: I ran this on 3.4, 3.4.1 and a couple other rc releases in between: sage: for i in (0..200): :     numerical_integral(sin(pi*exp(x/2)),0,2)[0] : and I could not get a failure. Hmm. That is weird. I

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 25, 5:36 pm, mabshoff michael.absh...@mathematik.uni- dortmund.de wrote: Not really, we switched from clisp 2.46 to 2.47 and if you look at    https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/t/753a8d2f3c052183 for some people who have had issues for a long, long time we could never get

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 25, 7:02 pm, mabshoff michael.absh...@mathematik.uni- dortmund.de wrote: What should I do until Sage 4.0?  Is there a way to tweak my 3.4.1 to use clisp 2.47? Do you mean clisp 2.46 since 3.4.1 ships with clisp 2.47 while Sage 3.4 used clisp 2.46? Since *I* was able to reproduce

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 26, 1:36 am, mabshoff michael.absh...@mathematik.uni- dortmund.de wrote: I do not see how that rules out clisp 2.47 - or am I just not getting what you are driving at :) I meant if I can recreate the problem from 3.4 source as well as 3.4.1 source then doesn't that mean I can recreate

[sage-support] Re: Why this numerical integral bombs?

2009-04-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Apr 27, 2:33 am, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: I just upgraded to Jaunty over the weekend, and then compiled 3.4.1 from scratch.  Both expressions work for me: Hmm. Does Sage leave a log build regarding the compilation? Perhaps my build had some errors yours doesn't

[sage-support] Why is Sage called a Computer *Algebra* system? What is def of algebra?

2009-05-16 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage does calculus and geometry calculations so I don't understand why the term Computer Algebra System is so prevalent. What is the definition of algebra? Perhaps algebra means something like the manipulation of a finite number of objects ? Chris

[sage-support] Re: Why is Sage called a Computer *Algebra* system? What is def of algebra?

2009-05-17 Thread Chris Seberino
On May 17, 11:29 am, john_perry_usm john.pe...@usm.edu wrote: I was under the very vague impression that computer algebra systems a la Maple, Mathematica etc. were so-called because they started out emphasizing algebraic and symbolic manipulation, and so came out of the so-called computer

[sage-support] ubuntu sage install error: line 199: 30899 Illegal instruction sage-ipython $@ -i

2009-09-12 Thread Chris Seberino
I installed sage-4.1.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.04-i686-Linux.tar.gz twice on my Ubuntu 9.04 laptop. Both times I get the following... /usr/local/sage-4.1.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.04-i686-Linux/local/bin/sage- sage: line 199: 30899 Illegal instruction sage-ipython $@ -i cs

[sage-support] How make notebooks use common base for relative urls? e.g. /foo/login and /foo/register?

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Seberino
The wonderful Sage notebook uses relative urls like /login and /register. How make Sage notebook use relative urls with common base like /foo/login and /foo/register instead? (This is needed for the Apache proxying I'm trying to do.) Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[sage-support] How cleanly kill Sage notebook on command line?

2009-10-04 Thread Chris Seberino
I'm writing an /etc/init.d script to start and stop the Sage notebook. I'm not sure how to cleanly shutdown the notebook from the command line. ps -ef shows a lot of sage processes so it isn't obvious which one I should kill -9. I tried killing some but can't find the right one that shuts down

[sage-support] Slowness when trying to serve multiple notebooks from same server.

2009-10-06 Thread Chris Seberino
I have an Ubuntu 9.04 Xen virtual machine with 350 Mb RAM. (from linode.com hosting services) I tried to have 7 people run notebooks off this server simultaneously and it was painfully slow for each. I started the server with this command... sage -notebook accounts=True ulimit=-v 10

[sage-support] How group terms in an expression? e.g. all terms containing x or y

2009-10-12 Thread Chris Seberino
How group terms in an expression? e.g. How group terms with x and y in: 3*x + m*x + a*y+b*y to get: (3 + m)*x + (a + b)*y ?? cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[sage-support] How Sage LiveCD possible since Sage is 1.5 Gb?

2009-10-13 Thread Chris Seberino
I saw an old Sage LiveCD on sagemath.org. I don't understand how this is possible since Sage unpacked is 1.5 Gb. A CD can hold around 650Mb and it must also include the Linux operating system. If there is a way please tell me as this would be useful for my less tech savvy Windows users.

[sage-support] How make worksheet run some code at startup like var(a b c d ... z) ??

2009-10-13 Thread Chris Seberino
How make worksheet run some code at startup? e.g. var(a b c d ... z) ? Currently my students need to evaluate var(a b c ... z) in every worksheet I give them. It would be nice to hardcode this into worksheets somehow. Thanks! Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To

[sage-support] Re: What is the default font in Sage notebooks? Possible to hardcode a new default?

2009-10-15 Thread Chris Seberino
On Oct 15, 2:21 pm, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Are you asking about TinyMCE, i.e., when you shift-click and edit plain text between cells? yes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[sage-support] Possible to see parser output? e.g. 3+4*5 - Add(3, Product(4,5) ) ??

2009-10-20 Thread Chris Seberino
For educational purposes it would be nice if possible to see all operations in an expression explicitly. Can Sage do something ilke convert 3+4*5 to something like: Add(3, Product(4,5) ) in the notebook when you press Evaluate? cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To

[sage-support] How do superscripts, subscripts and Greek letters in notebook?

2009-10-20 Thread Chris Seberino
Possible to do superscripts, subscripts and Greek letters in notebooks? cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more

[sage-support] Easiest way to add Latex math equations to html like Sage notebooks?

2009-10-20 Thread Chris Seberino
Is there an easy way to add Latex math equations to html like Sage notebooks? cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For

[sage-support] 4.1.2 giving Illegal instruction on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-10-21 Thread Chris Seberino
4.1.2 giving Illegal instruction on Ubuntu 9.04. I'm using a Lenovo R52 laptop. 4.1.1 worked. cs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[sage-support] Workaround or way to avoid notebook TinyMCE bug of shuffling/deleting text?

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Seberino
I understand there is a well know bug in how Sage interacts with TinyMCE that causes text to be shuffled around or deleted. Is there a workaround or way to avoid this? (The latest version of Sage won't install on Ubuntu 9.04 for me w/o getting Illegal Instruction errors so that isn't an

[sage-support] Re: Workaround or way to avoid notebook TinyMCE bug of shuffling/deleting text?

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Seberino
On Oct 27, 1:44 pm, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote:  (3) install the posted binary, then type the following in SAGE_ROOT   rm spkg/installed/mpir* spkg/installed/atlas*; make Beautiful! It worked. You seemed to have known that this was the cause of Illegal Instruction errors. Would

[sage-support] What's easiest way to get Sage running on Windows for non-techie students?

2010-10-09 Thread Chris Seberino
What's easiest way to get Sage running on Windows for non-techie students? They'll be lost if the instructions are complicated. Possible to wrap a VMWare + Ubuntu + Sage blob into one big Windows exe file that requires no set up? -- To post to this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: What's easiest way to get Sage running on Windows for non-techie students?

2010-10-10 Thread Chris Seberino
On Oct 9, 7:24 pm, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: [1]http://sagemath.org/download-windows.html That link has a WinZip'd VMWare blob that works fine. I didn't even read the directions...I just double clicked on binaries in the extracted directory until a VMWare Linux virtual

[sage-support] Re: What's easiest way to get Sage running on Windows for non-techie students?

2010-10-10 Thread Chris Seberino
On Oct 9, 7:24 pm, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: Oh wait. I see your point now. *I* didn't have to install VMWare because I probably installed it a long time ago. I assumed that meant you didn't need to install VMWare anymore. Yeaa video would be nice for that extra

[sage-support] My Sage server slow even when just 3 people on dedicated machine!? How fix?

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Seberino
I have a dedicated Xen Ubuntu virtual machine with 0.5 Gb RAM and Intel Xeon 2.27GHz CPU. The bandwidth is pretty good. (linode.com is my hosting provider.) Why even with just 3 people we sometimes get the green bar while Sage processes the calculuation? I often tell students that means they

[sage-support] Idea for Sage notebooks ( question on getting funding to write these)

2010-11-11 Thread Chris Seberino
. Anyone know of such a project or if NSF or anyone else would be interested in funding development of such Sage interactive textbooks? Sincerely, Dr. Chris Seberino ch...@phil4.com -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[sage-support] Having trouble getting *ultra* high precision in this infinite sum calculation...

2010-12-12 Thread Chris Seberino
I wanted to confirm that a certain infinite sum agrees with a certain number to thousands of digits of accuracy. I know this is true from a fascinating formula at the top of page 2 of the paper referenced here: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.GM/0409014/ The following one liner outputs the error in

[sage-support] Re: Having trouble getting *ultra* high precision in this infinite sum calculation...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
On Dec 13, 2:47 am, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote:   sage: 2*sum(10^(-k^2/d) for k in range(1,2))   2.02019722722490674759723772962542922944721452394745083...e-1 So there is a small progress in the summation! But I have no idea whether at the end of the day the small

[sage-support] Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
In a previous post I was told to use RealField if I wanted very high degrees of accuracy. I'm still now sure I'm using RealField right and would appreciate any help debugging my puzzle. sage: constant = 100*sqrt(pi/log(10.0)) sage: f(k) = 10^(-k^2/1.0) sage: N = 1 sage:

[sage-support] Re: Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
On Dec 13, 1:09 pm, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: I think you would have to let k be in that RealField, wouldn't you? Or at least f(k).  That might be part of the issue.  If you put the whole sum in RealField, the precision will be that of 1.0, I suppose (?) ... How do you put k in

[sage-support] Re: Need help using RealField to get 18000 digits of accuracy in infinite sum...

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Seberino
OK thanks for your help. I think I got it. The effect of RealField is like creating a new number type. I need to make sure all my real are of the right type. It appears integers are fine as is. Here is working code... def test(big): my_pi = RealField(big)(pi) ten=

[sage-support] How use alternative authentication for notebook server?.(i.e. integrate with other web app?)..

2011-05-25 Thread Chris Seberino
My students authenticate themselves by signing into a classroom web app unrelated to Sage. Possible to integrate Sage notebook server with this classroom web app so students DO NOT have to authenticate a SECOND TIME with Sage login page? Chris -- To post to this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: How use alternative authentication for notebook server?.(i.e. integrate with other web app?)..

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Seberino
...@creativetrax.com wrote: On 5/26/11 12:35 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: My students authenticate themselves by signing into a classroom web app unrelated to Sage. Possible to integrate Sage notebook server with this classroom web app so students DO NOT have to authenticate a SECOND TIME

[sage-support] Not rebooting notebook server constantly leaves too many notebooks active?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Seberino
Suppose different students sign into the same Sage server at different times. Won't that cause EVERY STUDENT's notebook to be in memory bogging down the server? I've been rebooting but maybe the smartest thing is to either... 1. Make students sign out? (Some will forget!!) 2. Autokill after 1

[sage-support] How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?)

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Seberino
How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?) I would like to automate this process if possible. Thanks! cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: How set up new accounts in a Python script? (instead of the notebook web form?)

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On May 27, 3:34 pm, Berkin Malkoc malk...@gmail.com wrote: It is in the reference:http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sagenb/notebook/notebook.html Thank you. Those docs appear to be for a Sage session. I actually need it to work from a Django web application unrelated to Sage!?!? In

[sage-support] Apache proxy in front of Sage notebook server works perfect until I turn on SSL.

2011-06-04 Thread Chris Seberino
Apache proxy in front of Sage notebook server works perfect until I turn on SSL. Different Apache configs give different Sage errors. Is there something special required to do Sage with Apache SSL proxy? cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[sage-support] Confusion and question about secure switch to Sage notebook.

2011-06-04 Thread Chris Seberino
Notebook documentation mentions a boolean switch called secure for SSL. When I try to turn it on my notebook server, I get an error about a domain Sage needs. How exactly does this switch work and how does Sage want to do SSL? In my limited experience, when I want SSL protection, I set up an

[sage-support] Must *all* notebook server pages be under SSL if server uses SSL?

2011-06-12 Thread Chris Seberino
Is it correct that if one uses SSL for a notebook server than ALL the pages MUST be under SSL? The reason I'm asking is that the notebook server appears unable to handle Apache configs that try to switch from SSL to unencrypted after login. In other words, notebook is brittle when it comes to

[sage-support] How fix this script to add accounts to notebook server?

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
I wrote the script below to automatically add accounts to my notebook server. I ran it as follows $SAGE_DIR/sage-python XXX YYY ZZZ for some values of XXX, YYY and ZZZ. When I tried to login with value in XXX for username and in YYY for password Sage notebook server did not recognize that

[sage-support] sagenb.notebook.notebook.Notebook(tmp_dir()+'.sagenb') question

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage notebooks docs here: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference/sagenb/notebook/notebook.html suggest creating a notebook object to manage notebook server in a script like so... nb = sagenb.notebook.notebook.Notebook(tmp_dir()+'.sagenb') Is this notebook handle necessary tied to my existing

[sage-support] Re: Must *all* notebook server pages be under SSL if server uses SSL?

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
log into eBay, it jumps OUT of SSL mode. Godaddy seems to do some pages with SSL and some without SSL. Whenever these sites drop down to unencrypted, aren't they also insecure since eBay and Godaddy are sending cookies in the clear? Sincerely, Chris Seberino -- To post to this group, send

[sage-support] How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations?

2011-06-13 Thread Chris Seberino
How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations? e.g. I want implicit_multiplication(True) to be global as well as var(a b c d e f g h z) and var(alpha beta gamma delta omega) cs -- To post to this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations?

2011-06-14 Thread Chris Seberino
Nevermind. I found out about $HOME/.sage/init.sage cs On Jun 13, 11:54 pm, Chris Seberino cseber...@gmail.com wrote: How configure notebook server to have ALL new worksheets for ALL users run some customizations? e.g. I want implicit_multiplication(True) to be global as well as var(a b c d

[sage-support] %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I created a little worksheet called http://phil4.com/public/sage/Scientific_Notation.sws to illustrate the problem. The single cell with code has this... %hide %auto @interact def _(exponent=(-6..6)): html('The Number: $%f$'%(5 * 10**exponent)) html('In Scientific Notation: $5 \cdot

[sage-support] Can't upload worksheets from URL. (Sage insists on browsing for a local file.)

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
When I try to type a URL for a worksheet to upload, I can't type. Instead, the browse popup appears and I'm forced to browse for a local file!!! Was the typing in the text field disabled somehow? cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this

[sage-support] Re: Can't upload worksheets from URL. (Sage insists on browsing for a local file.)

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
.  I used that just the other day. What server are you using?  Or, if local, what version?  This could conceivably be related to the recent updating of the sagenb.org family of servers. On Jun 20, 11:15 am, Chris Seberino cseber...@gmail.com wrote: When I try to type a URL for a worksheet

[sage-support] How delete published worksheet if deleted original in your account folder?

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
How delete published worksheet if you already deleted the copy in your account folder? Normally I could just unpublish a worksheetbut since I deleted the original version, I can't do that!?!? Sincerely, Chris -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To

[sage-support] Problem with html('$\tan$') in notebook....Latex commands beginning with \t have problems?

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I display some Latex commands in HTML on the small worksheet below... http://phil4.com/public/Trig.sws Notice all the trig functions are fine except for tan. Is there a problem with Latex commands that begin with \t for some reason? Sincerely, Chris -- To post to this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 20, 10:41 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: Type %auto on a line by itself at the beginning of a cell to automatically evaluate the cell when the worksheet is first opened. kcrisman That works one one! Thanks! I made a little worksheet that %auto still doesn't seem to work on...

[sage-support] notebooks perfect in Firefox but different issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer

2011-06-20 Thread Chris Seberino
http://phil4.com/public/Trig2.sws works perfectly in Firefox but has issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer. The slider of interact widget didn't work for one student in Internet Explorer. The html text was messed up for students using Chrome. It seems multiple lines were on top of each other.

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 9:09 am, Rolf kamha...@googlemail.com wrote: This question may sound somehow out of place, but maybe you can offer some help. Where in the documentation did you find something about this fancy notation to include variables into your html()? I found it on one of the published

[sage-support] Re: notebooks perfect in Firefox but different issues in Chrome and Internet Explorer

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 7:58 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: Let us know if this helps.  I agree it is suboptimal. Since there may be other inconsistencies between browsers, it seems safer to just have all students use Firefox. That is fine with me. I had other unrelated browser incompatibility

[sage-support] Re: Problem with html('$\tan$') in notebook....Latex commands beginning with \t have problems?

2011-06-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 21, 7:56 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: For clarification, this creates a raw string.  You should also be able to use \\tan, which escapes the \ so that it doesn't have a special meaning to Python. I imagine similar issues are going to happen for Latex commands that begin with

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 22, 4:26 am, Rolf kamha...@googlemail.com wrote: Works with me, and you will see my enhancement to the code. The two variable thing. Rolf Thanks. Does your version automatically start up when you upload the worksheet? Your version works like mine but doesn't start automatically for

[sage-support] Possible to make implicit multiplication allow (1 + 2) (3 + 4) ?

2011-06-24 Thread Chris Seberino
I love implicit_multiplication(True) but I noticed it doesn't work between parens!? How make this work?... sage: (1 + 2) (3 + 4) --- TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)

[sage-support] Re: Possible to make implicit multiplication allow (1 + 2) (3 + 4) ?

2011-06-24 Thread Chris Seberino
. Still not sure what I should watch out for... sage: n( sin( ( sin( .5 ) ) ) ) 0.461269555033181 sage: n( sin( ( sin( .5 ) cos( sin(.1) ) ) ) ) 0.459150207292798 cs On Jun 24, 7:57 am, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: On 6/24/11 2:17 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: I love

[sage-support] Re: Possible to make implicit multiplication allow (1 + 2) (3 + 4) ?

2011-06-27 Thread Chris Seberino
On Jun 24, 11:59 pm, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: sage: implicit_mul('diff(f,x)(3)', level=10) 'diff(f,x)*(3)' which is definitely not what I intended. Jason Would you agree a good robust solution to your issue would be for an implicit_mul level that *ONLY* converted

[sage-support] Re: %auto not automatically running code when upload notebook worksheet

2011-06-27 Thread Chris Seberino
Yes, as I said it starts automatically but it must have no descriptive comment above the cell. That is a worksheet with only one naked cell and no description in it. That's why I suggested to start a new worksheet from scratch. R OK I verified your solution. I have no clue how you figured

[sage-support] Possible to run published worksheet without downloading it on same server?

2011-07-30 Thread Chris Seberino
Instead of downloading a published worksheet, is it possible to copy it to a user's account if it is on the SAME SERVER? If all students must download published worksheets, I fear the less tech-savvy will make mistakes that I'll need to address. Chris -- To post to this group, send email to

[sage-support] Re: Possible to run published worksheet without downloading it on same server?

2011-07-30 Thread Chris Seberino
awesome! thanks! cs On Jul 30, 2:08 am, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: On 7/29/11 11:40 PM, Chris Seberino wrote: Instead of downloading a published worksheet, is it possible to copy it to a user's account if it is on the SAME SERVER? If all students must download

[sage-support] Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-21 Thread Chris Seberino
I want x (x) to return x^2. It doesn't seem to work with any implicit_multiplication level. What does the following error mean? Does it mean this will get fixed in a future version? sage: x (x) /usr/local/sage-4.7/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/iplib.py: 2073: DeprecationWarning:

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-21 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 21, 1:03 pm, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: If you have an object that is directly followed by parentheses, then in Python, which is the underlying language of Sage,  it means function evaluation. Hence, when you write f(x) then you normally do NOT want to multiply f and x,

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 12:52 am, Maarten Derickx m.derickx.stud...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think your proposal will be an enhancement. For two reasons. 1. x (x) an x*(x) have the same amount of characters. Some people prefer implicit multiplication. It is already a feature of Sage. 2. currently the

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 3:32 am, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: On 22 Aug., 04:37, Chris Seberino cseber...@gmail.com wrote: ... sin (pi)    # rare,  sin(pi) more likely f (3, 4)    # rare,   f(3, 4) more likely Likelihood is a not a good guideline, IMHO. I prefer rigour. Implicit

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 8:06 am, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: But apparently other people find it practical to be able to write 2x instead of 2*x. The preference comes from years of using Mathematica. Also, I think a space looks cleaner and it is easier to type (no shift needed! :). Chris --

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 10:28 am, v...@ukr.net wrote:   It seems to me that interpreting the f (x) as f*x could easily confuse the people who are new to Python and Sage. They will read (or maybe have already read) some book on Python and the will try to apply their new knowledge in Sage, but instead will

[sage-support] Re: Is x (x) impossible with all implicit_multiplication levels? (Please help decode warning get.)

2011-08-25 Thread Chris Seberino
On Aug 22, 12:35 pm, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Also, I think f(x) is more explicit than f (x). I never use f (x) in Python code and wonder why it is even allowed in Python instead of raising an exception. Wow, that's almost as bad as I didn't put any cheese on the eggs for

[sage-support] Possible to do quizzes and/or practice problems in notebook?

2011-08-29 Thread Chris Seberino
Anyone know of any examples of doing quizzes and/or practice problems in Sage notebook worksheets? I'm imagining something where the worksheet asks a question and students can type in their answers to see if they are right or not. Links to example worksheets would be very much appreciated if

[sage-support] How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks? (i.e. I don't want users to have to check the Typeset checkbox all the time.) Sincerely, Chris Seberino P.S. I tried googling for it but could not find the answer. -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com

[sage-support] Re: How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 2, 3:20 pm, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, I don't think there is support for this feature at present. If there were, it would likely be implemented via the Settings link in the notebook for a given user. Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing

[sage-support] Re: How make typesetting be the default in all notebooks?

2011-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 2, 6:49 pm, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: Type pretty_print_default() in an input cell and press shift-enter. All future output will be typeset automatically. Can you try to put pretty_print_default() in the init.sage and see if that works? Jason Thankfully that

[sage-support] Does Sage do quotas or other protections in case users's calculation takes too long?

2011-09-05 Thread Chris Seberino
Does Sage do quotas or other protections in case users's calculation takes too long? I'm having nightmares of students crashing Sage servers or tying them up with simple little commands like so... 2^(2^(2^123456789)) and def f(x): while True: pass f(x) cs -- To post to this

[sage-support] How get last login time of a Sage notebook user?

2011-09-05 Thread Chris Seberino
How get last login time of a Sage notebook user? cs -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support

[sage-support] w/ sliders in interact functions, how apply format strings to the numbers? (Want to truncate decimals!)

2011-09-06 Thread Chris Seberino
This slider will display the corresponding numbers as the slider is moved @interact def _(a=slider(1, 2, 0.2)): print test The problem is the numbers have too many digits for my taste... e.g. 1.00, 1.20, 1.40, etc. How truncate or round or format?

[sage-support] How make/hack 1D real number line plots like we learned in elementary algebra?

2011-09-06 Thread Chris Seberino
Sage can do great 2D and 3D plots. What about baby 1D plots that would be really nice for the kids? If I select a number using an interact widget, it would be nice to see a plot of a 1D real number line with the selected point appear as a big colored dot. Plots of solutions to inequalities like

[sage-support] Re: How make/hack 1D real number line plots like we learned in elementary algebra?

2011-09-07 Thread Chris Seberino
On Sep 7, 7:49 am, kcrisman kcris...@gmail.com wrote: If I select a number using an interact widget, it would be nice to see a plot of a 1D real number line with the selected point appear as a big colored dot.  Plots of solutions to inequalities like x 1 would be icing on the cake and

[sage-support] Please explain this wrong answer with implict multiplication....

2011-12-14 Thread Chris Seberino
I know Sage has some issues with a variable in front of parens when using implicit multiplication. Why did that make the first give the wrong answer when using implicit multiplication? How is sage interpreting it? sage: solve(3 + x (x-1)==5,x) [x == 3] sage: solve(3 + x*(x-1)==5,x) [x == 2, x ==

[sage-support] Re: Please explain this wrong answer with implict multiplication....

2011-12-15 Thread Chris Seberino
I had it turned on but I guess it doesn't get triggered for x (x -1). Any way to change the behavior or does that require a patch to Sage? On Dec 15, 1:37 am, Jason Grout jason-s...@creativetrax.com wrote: On 12/15/11 1:31 AM, Chris Seberino wrote: I know Sage has some issues with a variable

[sage-support] Can't make 404.html template to be used. Keep getting Apache 500 Internal Server Error instead.

2012-01-20 Thread Chris Seberino
I am proxying my Django app behind Apache. I created a 404.html in my template directory but when I try to test it I get the following error that appears to come from Apache... Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your

[sage-support] Re: Can't make 404.html template to be used. Keep getting Apache 500 Internal Server Error instead.

2012-01-21 Thread Chris Seberino
Ug! Please accept my apology. cs On Jan 21, 3:25 am, Keshav Kini keshav.k...@gmail.com wrote: Er, have you perhaps sent this to the wrong list? -Keshav Join us in #sagemath on irc.freenode.net ! -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

[sage-support] Error message when use vectors in Sage 5 with Ubuntu 12.04...

2012-06-16 Thread Chris Seberino
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 about 2 weeks ago along with Sage 5. I just now tried using vectors for the first time and got this error... sage: vector( [-1,2] ) --- AttributeErrorTraceback (most

[sage-support] Re: Error message when use vectors in Sage 5 with Ubuntu 12.04...

2012-06-18 Thread Chris Seberino
On Monday, June 18, 2012 4:16:50 PM UTC-5, Oleksandr Kazymyrov wrote: Hi, I haven't the problem on Ubuntu 12.04: Oleksandr I fixed the problem. Today when I tried vector I got a DIFFERENT error message about a Fortran library missing. When I manually installed glibfortran3 it started

[sage-support] error proxying Sage behind Apache2 after 5.2 update..... a '/' is missing in urls!?

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Seberino
I've been successfully proxying older versions of Sage behind Apache2 using SSL. The same script doesn't work with Sage 5.2 for some reason. Here is my Apache code below (Code below redirects all to HTTPS.) The new problem is that when I try to log in as adminSage tries to go to

[sage-support] Re: error proxying Sage behind Apache2 after 5.2 update..... a '/' is missing in urls!?

2012-08-30 Thread Chris Seberino
SOLVED! I'm posting this in case it helps anyone else out there trying to use Sage with Apache. The problem with an Apache config issue. The line below is wrong... Redirect / https://sage.phil4.com It should be this: Redirect / https://sage.phil4.com/ (Notice the / at the end now.) cs

[sage-support] Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. == Syntax error: ) unexpecte

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and tried to install Sage ver5.2 When I try to run Sage for the first time I get this... % sage -- | Sage Version 5.2, Release Date: 2012-07-25 | | Type notebook() for the

[sage-support] Re: Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. == Syntax error: ) unexpecte

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
That's odd, it doesn't even give a location where the ) was unexpectedly found. Was there any more output than that? No that was it verbatim. This is a 64 bit machine. That is the only thing different I can see from what I've used before. (This is an HP computer.) cs -- You received

[sage-support] Error installing package gcc-4.6.3

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
On new 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04, I tried compiling from source and got this error... (I know predefs.h exists because I can see the file here: /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/bits/predefs.h .) In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:28:0, from

[sage-support] Re: Error when installing 64 bit ver5.2 binary on Ubuntu 12.04.. == Syntax error: ) unexpecte

2012-09-02 Thread Chris Seberino
SOLVED... I have 64 bit hardware but I installed 32 bit Ubuntu. (Sorry, I'm a newbie to 64 bit stuff and didn't even know there was a separate Ubuntu flavor.) When I installed the 32bit Sage binary it worked. One suggestion is to perhaps add a check to see if user trying to run the 64 bit

[sage-support] Notebook server very slow. What are typical bottlenecks? I have ver5.2 and 1Gb RAM

2012-09-24 Thread Chris Seberino
Notebook server very slow. What are typical bottlenecks? I have ver5.2 and 1Gb RAM cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-support group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

[sage-support] Students leave their notebooks open so server has a TON of notebooks open....performance problem?

2012-09-24 Thread Chris Seberino
Students leave their notebooks open so server has a TON of notebooks openis that a problem? (I'm thinking about performance mainly.) cs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-support group. To post to this group, send email to

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