The following example uses the FunctionAdvisor command with no arguments specified.
The usage is as follows:
> FunctionAdvisor( topic, function, ... );
where 'topic' indicates the subject on which advice is required, 'function' is the name of a Maple function, and '...' represents possible additional input depending on the 'topic' chosen. To list the possible topics:
> FunctionAdvisor( topics );
A short form usage,
> FunctionAdvisor( function );
with just the name of the function is also available and displays a summary of information about the function.
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The topics on which information is available are:
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To avoid all FunctionAdvisor verbosity, specify the optional argument quiet.
The FunctionAdvisor command can return information ranging from general information, for example, "the Maple names for the Bessel functions",
* Partial match of "bess" against topic "Bessel_related".
The 14 functions in the "Bessel_related" class are:
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to more complicated relationships between mathematical functions and their identities, computed using the Maple internal knowledge database and related algorithms.
If you only specify function names, the parameters entering the mathematical formulas are all local variables. For example, the previous formula uses local instances of a and z and therefore
You can override this behavior by passing the function with the parameters. For example, you can first retrieve the calling sequence then pass .
The information returned by the FunctionAdvisor command can be used for further computations. For example, you can verify that the first operand EF_and_DE, that is, EllipticF, is a solution of the second operand, a PDE system, or further represent the function in differently.
Use the FunctionAdvisor command to return a presentation with sections of information for the arccot function.
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arccot
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describe
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definition
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classify function
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symmetries
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periodicity
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plot
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singularities
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branch points
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branch cuts
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special values
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identities
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sum form
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series
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asymptotic expansion
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integral form
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differentiation rule
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DE
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To obtain the same information but as a Maple table with indices and entries, sometimes useful for other computational purposes, pass the optional argument table. The relation between all elementary functions and the pFq hypergeometric function:
The 26 functions in the "elementary" class are:
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