# finding issue import pybertini as pb x = pb.Variable('x') y = pb.Variable('y') f = pb.function_tree.root.Function(x) f.name = 'f' x.set_current_value(1) print(f.eval_d()) vg = pb.VariableGroup([x,y]) sys = pb.System() sys.add_function(f) print(sys) # sys.add_function(x**2 + y**2 - 1) sys.add_variable_group(vg)