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Subject: Re: [boost] Preliminary submission: generic linear algebra algorithms library Boost LA
From: Marcus Lindblom (macke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-20 06:07:00


Thomas Klimpel wrote:
> Hello Emil,
>
>> Boost LA provides a set of generic linear algebra algorithms,
>> primarily for working with vectors and matrices of static size.
>
> I don't quite get what you mean by "generic linear algebra algorithms". Some curriculum for Mathematics contain a two semester course on "Linear Algebra", but there is very little overlap between what is thought in such a course and your proposed library.

Perhaps it should be 'generic small-sze linear algebra algorithms',
where n is usually less than 10, often 3, 4 or 6.

mvh
/Marcus


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