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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Math and Science => Topic started by: TheCoder1998 on March 03, 2014, 05:16:21 am

Title: nth derivative
Post by: TheCoder1998 on March 03, 2014, 05:16:21 am
well, i'm writing a taylor series program now and it does work, but it's pretty slow because it uses the symbolic d( function.
so it just calculates the derivative of the derivative of the derivative etc.
and that's pretty slow if you want to calculate the 20th term

is there another way to calculate the nth derivative of a function?
any help would be appreciated  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: Xeda112358 on March 03, 2014, 08:22:41 am
That is probably the easiest method. Plus, for the Taylor Series, you need the previous terms anyways.
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: TheCoder1998 on March 03, 2014, 08:27:56 am
another question, could the functions of omnicalc, symbolic and prettyprint be integrated into the os using a patch?
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: TheCoder1998 on March 06, 2014, 11:52:17 am
bump


anyone?
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: Runer112 on March 06, 2014, 12:51:42 pm
It's certainly doable. But I'm guessing that most people aren't too concerned with integrating such features natively, as they already work fairly well as simple parser hooks and MathPrint is a decent enough replacement for Symbolic. Finding someone with the intersection of motivation and OS patching/hooking skill (unless that someone is you) could be tough.
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: TheCoder1998 on March 06, 2014, 01:01:51 pm
unfortunately, that someone is not me :(
anyway, i thought it could be a nice replacement for people who hate mathprint (like me)
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: Runer112 on March 06, 2014, 01:03:35 pm
I've never actually used PrettyPrint. What about it is better than MathPrint?
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 06, 2014, 01:30:25 pm
It's much faster.
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: TheCoder1998 on March 07, 2014, 01:19:24 pm
and it doesn't crash every !@#$% time i use it

i really like symbolic and prettyprint because they're just so convenient and it's a nice replacement for people who loathe mathprint (mathprint is the devil)
Title: Re: nth derivative
Post by: aeTIos on March 08, 2014, 07:22:05 am
It's certainly doable. But I'm guessing that most people aren't too concerned with integrating such features natively, as they already work fairly well as simple parser hooks and MathPrint is a decent enough replacement for Symbolic. Finding someone with the intersection of motivation and OS patching/hooking skill (unless that someone is you) could be tough.
That someone could be thepenguin77. But then, he's probably busy with real life as well :p