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Glas :Re: [glas] concepts, algorithms etc |
From: Karl Meerbergen (Karl.Meerbergen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-11 09:16:12
David Abrahams wrote:
>Karl Meerbergen <Karl.Meerbergen_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>Hello All,
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>>It has been a long time since there was some activitity on the mailing
>>list. We are still struggling with defining concepts and algorithms. I
>>propose something to make our life easier.
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>>Some people suggested to introduce a VectorSpace concept. I do not
>>believe that this is necessary, because it is far too narrow.
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>What do you mean by "narrow?"
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Linear algebra vectors have more properties than a members of a vector
space.
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>>In fact,
>>linear algebra vectors are usually employed as basis vectors for a
>>vector space so they actually already define a vector space.
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>I don't see what bearing that has on the usefulness of a VectorSpace
>concept.
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My question is: why do we need a VectorSpace concept?
Karl