Re: [Maxima-discuss] Why is op('diff(f, x)) equal to 'derivative?

[Richard F. <fa...@gm...>]

diff is an alias for the operation derivative.
?print(diff(f(x),x))  shows the internal representation.


On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:53 AM Eduardo Ochs <edu...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> what happens exactly when we run this?
>
>   'diff(f, x);
>
> As far as I know diff(f, x) - without the ' - is equivalent to:
>
>   apply('diff, [f, x]);
>
> but
>
>   op('diff(f, x));
>
> returns "derivative", and I don't know what and where are the
> functions that convert 'diff to 'derivative...
>
>   Thanks in advance!
>     Eduardo Ochs
>     http://angg.twu.net/eev-maxima.html
>
>
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