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Re: How to avoid repeated recalculation of the same function

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If g is  calling f with the same arguments all the time, memoize f: f[x_]:=f[x]=<expression>.  Otherwise if the result of f is a simple symbolic expression, evaluate f once for x, then use the result to create another function h which g can call eg. simpleExpression = f[x]; h[y_]:= simpleExpression /. x->y; and call h from g instead of f.

On May 2, 2014, at 2:18 AM, pgeipi10@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
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> I'm doing a calculaton that's purly symbolic (no graphing, numerical integration, etc.).
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> Suppose I have a function f[x_]:=... that's very complex to build. In fact, f[x] ends up being a manageable expression (about 30 characters) but it takes Mathematica about 30 min to build that expression.
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> Another function g[] uses the function f[x] and references it many times. I've discovered that g[] actually builds f[x] every time it's referenced which takes 30 minutes each time. Theoretically, Mathematica could build it once and then use the resulting expression every time it's referenced.
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> So how do I accomplish that? That is, how do I make it build f[x] once and then use the resulting expression when it's needed?
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> Thanks,
>
>
> Pavel
>

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Re: How to avoid repeated recalculation of the same function Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 07:39 +0000

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