## DESCRIPTION ## Differential Equations: adding the Heaviside function to the context. ## ENDDESCRIPTION ## KEYWORDS('differential equations', 'adding the Heaviside function to the context') ## DBsubject('WeBWorK') ## DBchapter('WeBWorK Tutorial') ## DBsection('Fort Lewis Tutorial 2011') ## Date('01/30/2011') ## Author('Paul Pearson') ## Institution('Fort Lewis College') ## TitleText1('') ## EditionText1('') ## AuthorText1('') ## Section1('') ## Problem1('') ########################### # Initialization DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", "parserFunction.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem()); ########################### # Setup Context("Numeric"); Context()->variables->are(t=>"Real"); Context()->functions->add( step => { class => 'Parser::Legacy::Numeric', perl => 'Parser::Legacy::Numeric::do_step' }, ); $a = 3; $ftex = "5 u(t-$a)"; $fstep = Formula("5*step(t-$a)"); $answer1 = List($fstep->eval(t=>2),$fstep->eval(t=>3),$fstep->eval(t=>4)); ########################### # Main Text Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT Let \( u(t) \) be the Heaviside step function defined by \( \displaystyle u(t) = \left\lbrace \begin{array}{lcl} 0 && \mbox{ if } x \leq 0, \\ 1 && \mbox{ if } x > 0. \end{array} \right. \) $BR $BR (a) Evaluate the function \( $ftex \) when \( t \) is \(2\), \(3\), and \(4\) and enter your answers as a comma separated list. $BR \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("numbers") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings; ############################ # Answer Evaluation 1 $showPartialCorrectAnswers=1; ANS( $answer1->cmp(ordered=>1) ); ############################ # Setup 2 Context("Numeric"); Context()->variables->are(t=>"Real"); Context()->functions->add( step => { class => 'Parser::Legacy::Numeric', perl => 'Parser::Legacy::Numeric::do_step' }, ); parserFunction("u(t)" => "step(t)"); $f = Formula("5 u(t-$a)"); $answer2 = $f->with( limits=>[$a-5,$a+5], test_at => [[$a-1],[$a],[$a+0.0000001],[$a+1]], num_points=>10, ); ############################ # Main text 2 Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT $BR $BR (b) Suppose the answer is the function \( $ftex \). $BR \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("formulas") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings; ############################# # Answer evaluation 2 ANS( $answer2->cmp() ); ############################ # Solution Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();