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

[Eduardo O. <edu...@gm...>]

Thanks! That solves some of my doubts...
But what should I use instead of funmake to make

  'diff(f, x);

and

  funmake('diff, [f, x]);

yield identical results?
Thanks in advance!
  E.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 at 16:19, Richard Fateman <fa...@gm...> wrote:
>
> 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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