math.objects
Class Constant

java.lang.Object
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  +--math.objects.Expression
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        +--math.objects.Constant

Direct Known Subclasses:

IntegerConstant, RationalConstant, RealConstant

public abstract class Constant

extends Expression

The class Constant is used to create mathematical Constant objects. It extends the Expression class.

Since:

JDK1.1

Author:

Peter Staab

, Pete Fox , both for the Mathematical Visualization Project for the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder

Constructor Summary

Constant()

Method Summary

Expression	differentiate(Variable var) A method that returns the derivative of the Constant object using the summation rule of differentiation
Expression	simplify() A method that returns a Expression representation of the Constant object in a simplified form--as is.

Methods inherited from class math.objects.Expression

evaluate, evaluate, evaluate, evaluate, evaluate, evaluate, evaluateVariables

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Constant

public Constant()

Method Detail

simplify

public Expression simplify()

A method that returns a Expression representation of the Constant object in a simplified form--as is.

Specified by:

simplify in class Expression

Returns:

an Expression object in a simplified form

differentiate

public Expression differentiate(Variable var)

A method that returns the derivative of the Constant object using the summation rule of differentiation

Specified by:

differentiate in class Expression

Parameters:

var - the variable of differentiation

Returns:

an Constant object containing zero representing the derivative of the Constant object