Activate
Examples
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Scope (7)
Define an inactive expression:
Evaluate the expression using Activate:
Create an inactive expression using Inactivate:
Activate an inactive expression:
Activate all symbols except Integrate:
Prevent numeric functions from being activated:
Formally differentiating a Laplace transform:
Similarly differentiating wrt t and a:
Options (1)
Heads (1)
An inactive Derivative expression:
Use the option setting Heads->False to avoid activating Derivative:
Applications (5)
Define a trigonometric expression with two inactive terms:
Activate different parts of the expression:
Define , leaving both the derivative and integral inactive:
Differentiate the integral without evaluating the integral:
Activate the integral to compute the final result:
Integrate without performing the differentiation:
Activate the differentiation to compute the final result:
The results are mathematically the same:
Solution for the three-dimensional Laplace equation in inactive integral form:
Obtain a particular solution by specifying the function f:
Formula for summation by parts:
Verify the formula in a special case:
Activating Curl is not very interesting:
Activating Div demonstrates the relation :
Properties & Relations (4)
Inactive expressions can be evaluated using Activate:
Activate is the inverse of Inactivate:
Activate replaces all instances of inactive symbols in an expression:
Activate evaluates inactive expressions and allows parts of expressions to be inactive:
ReleaseHold evaluates expressions held in unevaluated form, and all parts are evaluated:
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), Activate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Activate.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "Activate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Activate.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). Activate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Activate.html