Derivatives

[Eddie W. Shore]

Trying the second derivative in a program:

Code:

EXPORT DER2(f,v,n)
BEGIN
LOCAL d;
d:=diff(f,v,2,v=n);
RETURN d;
END;

Home:
DER2(X^3,X,1) -> Error: Bad argument value ("diff(f,v,2,v=n)")]
DER2('X^3','X',1) -> diff(diff(3.006003,2),0)

CAS:
DER2(X^3,X,1) -> Error: Bad argument value ("diff(f,v,2,v=n)")]
DER2(x^3,x,1) -> diff(diff(3*x^2,2),0)

I hope that the next Prime update will allow for numerical differentiation for both first and second derivatives.