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Symbolic differentiation
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; Symbolic differentiation | |
(define (deriv exp var) | |
(cond ((number? exp) 0) | |
((variable? exp) | |
(if (same-variable? exp var) 1 0)) | |
((sum? exp) | |
(make-sum (deriv (addend exp) var) | |
(deriv (augend exp) var))) | |
((product? exp) | |
(make-sum | |
(make-product (multiplier exp) | |
(deriv (multiplicand exp) var)) | |
(make-product (deriv (multiplier exp) var) | |
(multiplicand exp)))) | |
(else | |
(error "unkown expression type")))) | |
; The above code is a conditional structure for | |
; representing how to take derivatives recursively | |
; Above function has undefined items | |
; they shall be defined below: | |
(define (variable? x) (symbol? x)) | |
(define (same-variable? v1 v2) | |
(and (variable? v1) (variable? v2) (eq? v1 v2))) | |
(define (make-sum a1 a2) (list '+ a1 a2)) | |
(define (make-product m1 m2) (list '* m1 m2)) | |
(define (sum? x) | |
(and (pair? x) (eq? (car x) '+))) | |
(define (addend s) (cadr s)) | |
(define (augend s) (caddr s)) | |
(define (product? z) | |
(and (pair? z) (eq? (car z) '*))) | |
(define (multiplier p) (cadr p)) | |
(define (multiplicand p) (caddr p)) |
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