Re: Boost Matrix classes / MTLv3

From: walter_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-11-20 10:31:06

--- In boost_at_y <mailto:boost_at_y>..., Peter Schmitteckert (boost) < 
boost_at_s <mailto:boost_at_s>...> wrote:
> Salut,
> 
> On Monday 19 November 2001 13:12, walter_at_g <mailto:walter_at_g>... 
wrote:
> 
> > > After reading through the documentation of various packages
> > > (MTL, Blitz++, POOMA, ATLAS, ... ) I'd prefer to use MTL, since 
it 
> > > is more
> > > than just a matrix package.
> >
> > Could you please elaborate on this?
>
> Sorry for being lazy, i meant that in addition to Basic Lineat 
Algebra,
> MTL has more Linear Algebra functionality, like LU factorization,
> lu_solve.  
 
Thanks for the clarification. LAPACK functionality is out of scope 
for ublas.
 
> I realized after my email that eigen value calculation is passed to
> LAPACK. So I guess it's not generic for arbitrary types.
 
You never know ;-)
 
> > > -> hermitean Matrices
> >
> > Done in numeric/ublas. Do you also need skew symmetric / hermitean
> > matrices?
>
> Not for my first release, but I assume I will need them in ~1/2 
year.

It shouldn't last as long to introduce these.
 
> I will take a closer look at the ublas package
> and post my comments.

Your comments are welcome.
 
Regards
 
Joerg