[Axiom-mail] axiom book examples

[Bob McElrath]

Thanks for the link Tim.  I'm going through the book and the examples,
trying to get acquainted, and I run into a problem in section 0.1.8
(that is a cool feature that Maple implements poorly, BTW -- I spend way
too much time getting Maple to put my trig functions in a desired form).

First, the command line interface doesn't seem to let me enter things on
multiple lines.  There appear to be no separators between the individual
statements.  I tried inserting ',' and ';' neither of which help.
Second, using TeXmacs I can enter this example on multiple lines, but I
get back::

    AXIOM cannot determine the type of sin because it cannot analyze the
    non-recursive part, if that exists.  This may be remedied by
    declaring the function.

Hopefully this is just a dumb newbie question that can be answered
quickly.  ;)

root address@hidden wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I'm Tim Daly from Axiom. We appreciate the help you gave Bill on the wiki.
> I just played with it a bit and I'm quite excited at the potential.
> 
> If you're used to Maple or MMA you'll find Axiom somewhat different.
> The easiest way to get a flavor for Axiom is to look at the first
> few pre-chapters in the Axiom book. The book can be found online at
> 
> http://www.linux-france.org/~dmentre/tmp/book.pdf
> 
> It isn't complete but for your purposes it should be all you need.
> Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll try to help.
> 
> Tim
--
Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics]
    
    "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you
    end up being governed by your inferiors."  -- Plato

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