I guess I'd like to see code like the following

>>> sy.jacobi_normalized(2, 0, 1, x)
sqrt(6)*(5*x**2/2 - x - 1/2)/2

>>> with evaluation(False):
...    sy.jacobi_normalized(2, 0, 1, x)
sqrt(6)/3*jacobi(2, 0, 1, x)

But yes, I suppose we could just capitalize the jacobi class and add an
evaluate= keyword.  That will probably resolve Freddie's immediate issue.
It's good practice in any event.



On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Ondřej Čertík <[email protected]>wrote:

> Isn't the solution simply to provide a class Jacobi, that is not
> evaluated, and a function jacobi(), that does what it does now?
>
> Ondrej
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Although, I don't know much about the polynomials module.  It may be
> > possible to resolve the problem there without tackling the problem at
> large.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Matthew Rocklin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Unwanted automatic evaluation comes up fairly frequently on the
> listhost.
> >> It's on our radar but there hasn't been much movement on the issue
> lately.
> >> It requires a concerted effort by someone with some time.
> >>
> >>
> >> > is there wider interest in such a feature?
> >> Absolutely.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Freddie Witherden <
> [email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> In SymPy is there any way of stopping orthogonal polynomials from
> >>> automatically simplifying down to concrete expressions?  So for:
> >>>
> >>>   sy.jacobi_normalized(2, 0, 1, x)
> >>>
> >>> to give:
> >>>
> >>>   sqrt(6)/3*jacobi(2, 0, 1, x)
> >>>
> >>> as opposed to:
> >>>
> >>>   sqrt(6)*(5*x**2/2 - x - 1/2)/2
> >>>
> >>> I have a use-case where it is highly desirable for polynomials to be
> >>> kept in the above form (as it permits more efficient/numerically stable
> >>> evaluations later on).  Other than keeping n as a Symbol is this
> >>> currently possible?  If not---and I suspect, from a quick glance over
> >>> the source code that it isn't!)---is there wider interest in such a
> >>> feature?
> >>>
> >>> Regards, Freddie.
> >>>
> >>
> >
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