I’m currently working on a Maple project involving the symbolic differentiation of a user-defined potential energy function, which I then use in a system of differential equations. To implement this, I've been using placeholders like 'Un'
when taking derivatives to substitute later during numerical calculations.
While this approach using placeholders works, I find it cumbersome and would prefer a more straightforward way to handle this symbolic differentiation without having to rely on intermediate placeholders like 'Un'
.
Does anyone know if there is a more elegant way in Maple to achieve this functionality?
Specific Requirements:
- I want to symbolically differentiate the user-defined function
W
directly.
- The goal is to use this derivative in a system of differential equations for numerical solving.
Any suggestions on simplifying this process would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
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