In the following, I would like to define a function $h(\theta, \beta, \alpha_1, \alpha_2)$. The function $h$ should be defined by the output of a previous function (which includes the partial derivative of a function $f(\theta,\beta,\alpha)$ with respect to $\theta$). The second line in the code below is:
g = D[Simplify[f[θ, β, α]], θ]
What I find is that I have to 'Copy As' the output of function $g$ as 'Input Text' in order for the defined function $h_2$ to yield a value (as opposed to $5\beta +4\theta$ as it currently yields) as I demonstrate at the bottom. Can anyone advise on how to associate the function definition of $h$ with the output of the function $g$ such that it yields a number when evaluated for say $\theta = 0, \beta = \pi/2, \alpha = \pi/3$?
This is the code in question:
f[θ_, β_, α_] := 2 θ^2 + 5 β*θ + 2 α^2 + 4 β*α
g = D[Simplify[f[θ, β, α]], θ]
(* 5 β + 4 θ *)
h[θ_, β_, α_] := g
h2[θ_, β_, α_] := 5 β + 4 θ
h[0., π/2, π/3]
(* 5 β + 4 θ *)
h2[0., π/2, π/3]
(* 7.85398 *)
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