Discussion: Introducing new operators for matrix computation

[jepler epler]

On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:29:09 GMT, Huaiyu Zhu
 <hzhu at localhost.localdomain> wrote:
>That's the beauty of numerical computation, because all kinds of
>applications, from animation on your screen to controlling satallite in
>space to analysing molecular structures to calculating consumer preference
>could all be expressed in the language of linear algebra.  (Mathematicians
>study spaces more abstract than linear spaces, but you wouldn't want to hear
>about them before appreciating the usefulness of linear algebra.) For
>example, all deterministic procedures are functions, and most functions we
>see are simply points in an (infinite dimensional) space.

That's the beauty of procedural programming, because all kinds of
applications, from animation on your screen to controlling a satellite in
space to analyzing molecular structures to calculating consumer preference
could all be expressed in the language of procedural programming.
(Programmers study programming languages more abstract than functional
programming, but you wouldn't want to hear about them before appreciating
the usefulness of procedural programming.)  For example, all deterministic
processes are expressible as Turing machines, and most turing machines
we see are simply expressible in procedural languages.

Jeff