path: root/src/maple/Diff.maple

# Diff.maple -- Diff() and friends
# $Header$

#
# simplify/Diff - simplify(...) function for expressions containing Diff()
# Diff - "inert" derivative function (low-level simplifications)
# Diff/gridfn - simplifications that know about gridfns
#

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#
# This function is called automatically by  simplify()  whenever
#  simplify()'s  argument contains a  Diff()  call.  This interface
# to  simplify()  is described in
#	Michael B. Monagan
#	"Tips for Maple Users"
#	The Maple Technical Newsletter
#	Issue 10 (Fall 1993), p.10-18, especially p.17-18
# but not in the Maple library manual or the online help, which both
# imply that  simplify(..., Diff)  is needed for this procedure to be
# invoked).
#
# This function recurses over the expression structure.  For each
#  Diff() call, it calls  Diff()  itself to do "basic" derivative
# simplifications, then calls `Diff/gridfn`() to do further simplifications
# based on gridfn properties.
#
# expr = (in) An expression to be simplified.
#
# Results:
# The function returns the "simplified" expression.
#
`simplify/Diff` :=
proc(expr)
option remember;		# performance optimization
local temp;

# recurse on tables, equations, lists, sets, sums, products, powers
if type(expr, {table, `=`, list, set, `+`, `*`, `^`})
   then return map(simplify, expr);
end if;

# return unchanged on numbers, names, procedures
if type(expr, {numeric, name, procedure})
   then return expr;
end if;

# function call ==> simplify  Diff()  calls, recurse on others
if type(expr, function)
   then
	if (op(0, expr) = 'Diff')
	   then return Diff(op(expr));	# "basic" derivative simplifications
	   else
		temp := map(simplify, [op(expr)]);
		op(0,expr); return '%'(op(temp));
	end if;
end if;

# unknown type
ERROR(`expr has unknown type`, `whattype(expr)=`, whattype(expr));

end proc;

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#
# This function implements some of the more useful simplification
# rules of algebra and calculus for Maple's "inert" differentiation
# function  Diff() .  It then calls  `Diff/gridfn`()  to do any
# further simplifications based on gridfn properties.
#
# In particular:
# - It distributes over sums.
# - It distributes over leading numeric factors.  (Maple's built-in
#   simplifier will always make numeric factors leading.)
# - It knows that derivatives of numeric constants are zero.
# - It knows that the derivative of a name with respect to itself is one.
# - It knows the product rule
#	Diff(f*g,x) = Diff(f,x)*g + f*Diff(g,x)
# - It knows the power rule
#	Diff(f^n,x) = n * f^(n-1) * Diff(f,x)
# - It flattens multi-level "Diff() trees", i.e. it makes the transformation
#	Diff(Diff(f,x),y) = Diff(f,x,y);
# - It canonicalizes the order of the things we're differentiating with
#   respect to, so that  simplify()  will recognize that derivatives
#   commute, i.e. that
#	Diff(f,x,y) = Diff(f,y,x)
#
# Arguments:
# operand = (in) The thing to be differentiated.
# var_seq = (in) (varargs) An expression sequence of the variables to
#			   differentiate with respect to.
#
unprotect('Diff');
Diff :=
proc(operand)			# varargs
option remember;		# performance optimization
local var_list,
      nn, nderiv,
      op_cdr,
      f, g, x, x_car, x_cdr, temp,
      n,
      inner_operand, inner_var_list, k,
      sorted_var_list,
      operand2, var_seq2;

var_list := [args[2..nargs]];

nn := nops(operand);
nderiv := nops(var_list);

##print(`Diff():  nn=`,nn,`  nderiv=`,nderiv,
##      `  operand=`,operand,`  var_list=`,var_list);

# distribute (recurse) over sums
if (type(operand, `+`))
   then return simplify(
		  sum('Diff(op(k, operand), op(var_list))', 'k'=1..nn)
		       );
end if;

# distribute (recurse) over leading numeric factors
if (type(operand, `*`) and (nn >= 1) and type(op(1,operand), numeric))
   then
	op_cdr := product('op(k,operand)', 'k'=2..nn);
	return simplify(  op(1,operand) * Diff(op_cdr, op(var_list))  );
end if;

# derivatives of numbers are zero
if (type(operand, numeric))
   then return 0;
end if;

# derivative of a name with respect to itself is one
if (type(operand, name) and (var_list = [operand]))
   then return 1;
end if;

# implement the product rule
# ... we actually implement it only for a 1st derivative of the
#     product of two factors; for fancier cases we recurse
if (type(operand, `*`))
   then
	if (nn = 0)
	   then # empty product = 1
		return 0;		# ==> Diff(1) = 0

	elif (nn = 1)
	   then # singleton product is equal to the single factor
		return simplify(  Diff(op(1,operand), op(var_list))  );

	elif (nn >= 2)
	   then # nontrivial product rule case

		# note that if we have more than 2 factors, g will
		# be the product of the cdr of the factor list, so
		# our later  Diff(g,...)  calls will recurse as
		# necessary to handle this case

		f := op(1,operand);
		g := product('op(k,operand)', 'k'=2..nn);

		if (nderiv = 1)
		   then # product rule for 1st derivatives:
			#   Diff(f*g,x) = Diff(f,x)*g + f*Diff(g,x)
			x := var_list[1];

			return simplify(  Diff(f,x)*g  +  f*Diff(g,x)  );

		   else # product rule for 2nd (and higher) derivatives
			# ==> recurse on derivatives
			x_car := var_list[1];
			x_cdr := var_list[2..nderiv];
			temp := simplify(  Diff(f*g, x_car)  );
			return simplify(  Diff(temp, op(x_cdr))  );
		end if;
	else ERROR(`impossible value of nn in product rule!`,
		   `(this should never happen!)`,
		   `   operand=`,operand,`   nn=`,nn);
	end if;
end if;

# implement the power rule
# ... we actually implement it only for 1st derivatives; for higher
#     derivatives we recurse
if (type(operand, `^`))
   then
	f := op(1,operand);
	n := op(2,operand);

	if (nderiv = 1)
	   then # power rule for 1st derivatives:
		#   Diff(f^n,x) = n * f^(n-1) * Diff(f,x)
		x := var_list[1];

		return simplify(  n * f^(n-1) * Diff(f, x)  );

	   else # power rule for 2nd (and higher) derivatives:
		# ==> recurse on derivatives
		x_car := var_list[1];
		x_cdr := var_list[2..nderiv];
		temp := simplify(  Diff(f^n, x_car)  );

		return simplify(  Diff(temp, op(x_cdr))  );
	end if;
end if;

# flatten (recurse on) multi-level "Diff() trees"
if (type(operand, function) and (op(0, operand) = 'Diff'))
   then
	inner_operand := op(1, operand);
	inner_var_list := [op(2..nn, operand)];

	return simplify(
		  Diff(inner_operand, op(inner_var_list), op(var_list))
		       );
end if;

# canonicalize ordering of derivatives
sorted_var_list := sort_var_list(var_list);

# simplifications based on gridfn properties known here...
temp := `Diff/gridfn`(operand, op(sorted_var_list));

# more simplifications based on gridfn properties known in other directories
if ( type(`Diff/gridfn2`, procedure)
     and type(temp, function) and (op(0,temp) = 'Diff') )
   then operand2 := op(1,temp);
	var_seq2 := op(2..nops(temp), temp);
	temp := `Diff/gridfn2`(operand2, var_seq2);
fi;

return temp;
end proc;

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#
# This function implements further simplification rules for  Diff()
# based on gridfn properties (or at least those known here).
#
# It currently knows about the following simplifications:
# - Diff(X_ud[u,i], x_xyz[j]) --> X_udd[u,i,j]
#
# Anything else is returned unchanged.  (To avoid infinite recursion,
# such a return is *unevaluated*.)
#
# Arguments:
# operand = (in) The thing to be differentiated.
# var_seq = (in) (varargs) An expression sequence of the variables to
#			   differentiate with respect to.
#
`Diff/gridfn` :=
proc(operand)			# varargs
option remember;		# performance optimization
global
  @include "../maple/coords.minc",
  @include "../maple/gfa.minc",
  @include "../gr/gr_gfas.minc";
local var_list, posn;

var_list := [args[2..nargs]];

if ( type(operand, indexed) and (op(0,operand) = 'X_ud')
     and (nops(var_list) = 1) and member(var_list[1],x_xyz_list,'posn') )
   then return X_udd[op(operand), posn];
end if;

# unevaluated return to avoid infinite recursion
return 'Diff'(operand, op(var_list));
end proc;