Homework 7:
Due by 11:59pm on Friday, April 10
Instructions
Submission: When you are done, submit with python3 ok
--submit
. You may submit more than once before the deadline; only the
final submission will be scored. Check that you have successfully submitted
your code on okpy.org. See Lab 0 for more instructions on
submitting assignments.
Using Ok: If you have any questions about using Ok, please refer to this guide.
Readings: You might find the following references useful:
Grading: Homework is graded based on correctness. Each incorrect problem will decrease the total score by one point. There is a homework recovery policy as stated in the syllabus. This homework is out of 2 points.
Scheme Editor
How to launch
In your hw07
folder you will find a new editor. To run this editor, run python3 editor
. This should pop up a window in your browser; if it does not, please navigate to localhost:31415 and you should see it.
Make sure to run python3 ok
in a separate tab or window so that the editor keeps running.
Features
The hw07.scm
file should already be open. You can edit this file and then run Run
to run the code and get an interactive terminal or Test
to run the ok
tests.
Environments
will help you diagram your code, and Debug
works with environments so you can see where you are in it. We encourage you to try out all these features.
Reformat
is incredibly useful for determining whether you have parenthesis based bugs in your code. You should be able to see after formatting if your code looks weird where the issue is.
By default, the interpreter uses Lisp-style formatting, where the parens are all put on the end of the last line
(define (f x) (if (> x 0) x (- x)))
However, if you would prefer the close parens to be on their own lines as so
(define (f x) (if (> x 0) x (- x) ) )
you can go to Settings and select the second option.
Questions
The following problems develop a system for
symbolic differentiation
of algebraic expressions. The derive
Scheme procedure takes an
algebraic expression and a variable and returns the derivative of the
expression with respect to the variable. Symbolic differentiation is of
special historical significance in Lisp. It was one of the motivating
examples behind the development of the language. Differentiating is a
recursive process that applies different rules to different kinds of
expressions.
; derive returns the derivative of EXPR with respect to VAR
(define (derive expr var)
(cond ((number? expr) 0)
((variable? expr) (if (same-variable? expr var) 1 0))
((sum? expr) (derive-sum expr var))
((product? expr) (derive-product expr var))
((exp? expr) (derive-exp expr var))
(else 'Error)))
To implement the system, we will use the following data abstraction. Sums and products are lists, and they are simplified on construction:
; Variables are represented as symbols
(define (variable? x) (symbol? x))
(define (same-variable? v1 v2)
(and (variable? v1) (variable? v2) (eq? v1 v2)))
; Numbers are compared with =
(define (=number? expr num)
(and (number? expr) (= expr num)))
; Sums are represented as lists that start with +.
(define (make-sum a1 a2)
(cond ((=number? a1 0) a2)
((=number? a2 0) a1)
((and (number? a1) (number? a2)) (+ a1 a2))
(else (list '+ a1 a2))))
(define (sum? x)
(and (list? x) (eq? (car x) '+)))
(define (first-operand s) (cadr s))
(define (second-operand s) (caddr s))
; Products are represented as lists that start with *.
(define (make-product m1 m2)
(cond ((or (=number? m1 0) (=number? m2 0)) 0)
((=number? m1 1) m2)
((=number? m2 1) m1)
((and (number? m1) (number? m2)) (* m1 m2))
(else (list '* m1 m2))))
(define (product? x)
(and (list? x) (eq? (car x) '*)))
; You can access the operands from the expressions with
; first-operand and second-operand
(define (first-operand p) (cadr p))
(define (second-operand p) (caddr p))
Note that we will not test whether your solutions to this question correctly apply the chain rule. For more info, check out the extensions section.
Q1: Derive Sum
Implement derive-sum
, a procedure that differentiates a sum by
summing the derivatives of the first-operand
and second-operand
. Use data abstraction
for a sum.
Note: the formula for the derivative of a sum is
(f(x) + g(x))' = f'(x) + g'(x)
(define (derive-sum expr var)
'YOUR-CODE-HERE
)
The tests for this section aren't exhaustive, but tests for later parts will fully test it.
Before you start, check your understanding by running
python3 ok -q derive-sum -u
To test your code, if you are in the local Scheme editor, hit
Test
. You can click on a case, pressRun
, and then use theDebug
andEnvironments
features to figure out why your code is not functioning correctly.You can also test your code from the terminal by running
python3 ok -q derive-sum
Q2: Derive Product
Note: the formula for the derivative of a product is
(f(x) g(x))' = f'(x) g(x) + f(x) g'(x)
Implement derive-product
, which applies the product
rule to differentiate
products. This means taking the first-operand and second-operand, and then
summing the result of multiplying one by the derivative of the other.
The
ok
tests expect the terms of the result in a particular order. First, multiply the derivative of the first-operand by the second-operand. Then, multiply the first-operand by the derivative of the second-operand. Sum these two terms to form the derivative of the original product. In other words,f' g + f g'
not some other ordering
(define (derive-product expr var)
'YOUR-CODE-HERE
)
Before you start, check your understanding by running
python3 ok -q derive-product -u
To test your code, if you are in the local Scheme editor, hit
Test
. You can click on a case, pressRun
, and then use theDebug
andEnvironments
features to figure out why your code is not functioning correctly.You can also test your code from the terminal by running
python3 ok -q derive-product
Q3: Make Exp
Implement a data abstraction for exponentiation: a base
raised to the
power of an exponent
. The base
can be any expression, but assume that the
exponent
is a non-negative integer. You can simplify the cases when
exponent
is 0
or 1
, or when base
is a number, by returning numbers from
the constructor make-exp
. In other cases, you can represent the exp as a
triple (^ base exponent)
.
You may want to use the built-in procedure
expt
, which takes two number arguments and raises the first to the power of the second.
; Exponentiations are represented as lists that start with ^.
(define (make-exp base exponent)
'YOUR-CODE-HERE
)
(define (exp? exp)
'YOUR-CODE-HERE
)
(define x^2 (make-exp 'x 2))
(define x^3 (make-exp 'x 3))
Before you start, check your understanding by running
python3 ok -q make-exp -u
To test your code, if you are in the local Scheme editor, hit
Test
. You can click on a case, pressRun
, and then use theDebug
andEnvironments
features to figure out why your code is not functioning correctly.You can also test your code from the terminal by running
python3 ok -q make-exp
Q4: Derive Exp
Implement derive-exp
, which uses the power
rule to derive exponents. Reduce
the power of the exponent by one, and multiply the entire expression by
the original exponent.
Note: the formula for the derivative of an exponent is
[f(x)^(g(x))]' = f(x)^(g(x) - 1) * g(x)
, if we ignore the chain rule, which we do for this problem
(define (derive-exp exp var)
'YOUR-CODE-HERE
)
Before you start, check your understanding by running
python3 ok -q derive-exp -u
To test your code, if you are in the local Scheme editor, hit
Test
. You can click on a case, pressRun
, and then use theDebug
andEnvironments
features to figure out why your code is not functioning correctly.You can also test your code from the terminal by running
python3 ok -q derive-exp
Extensions
There are many ways to extend this symbolic differentiation
system. For example, you could simplify nested exponentiation expression such
as (^ (^ x 3) 2)
, products of exponents such as (* (^ x 2) (^ x 3))
, and
sums of products such as (+ (* 2 x) (* 3 x))
. You could apply the chain
rule when deriving exponents, so that
expressions like (derive '(^ (^ x y) 3) 'x)
are handled correctly. Enjoy!
Submit
Make sure to submit this assignment by running:
python3 ok --submit