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Re: Proposal for 'math.e' (2007-08-23)

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at ?mx.d?> Aug 24, 2007
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Derek Parnell wrote:

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> > Derek wrote:
> >> There is nothing stopping the creation of a mathadv.e file to
> >> include advanced maths routines.
> 
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
> > What does that mean in the given context? Are you suggesting
> > that we should create and release  a "mathadv.e" standard include
> > file along with the "math.e" standard include file? Additionally
> > to a "statistics.e" file or instead of a "statistics.e" file?
> 
> I suggest ...
>   math.e     -- Commonly used mathematical functionality.
>   mathadv.e  -- Not-so commonly used and advanced stuff. 
>                 eg. Calculus, Matrix, Vector, etc...
>   statistics.e -- functions just dealing with stats. 
>   sets.e     -- Set operations.
> (Though separate files for each distinct area of advanced maths might be good
> too).
> 
> I can also imagine some one creating a set of Financial maths functions, 2D
> and 3D geometrical functions, Volume functions, etc ...
> 
> By having them in separate files, people can mix'n'match as required.

Yes, IMHO it's better to have separate files for each distinct area of
advanced maths.

Regards,
   Juergen