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Re: Low CPU usage
Major...
thanks....really chuckled when I first read your comment......of course,
after some thinking, Mathematica is just the tool....Mathgroup, in the
parlance of Mathematica, is the Kernel....but it isnt a fixed Kernel....it's
a Creative One....
jerry b
-----Original Message-----
From: DrMajorBob
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 5:21 AM
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg122239] Re: Low CPU usage
I often think Mathgroup is the more valuable product; Mathematica is just
an add-on.
Bobby
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:44:33 -0500, mathgroup <fizzymath at knology.net>
wrote:
> Let me add ...
>
> In all the years I've watched Mathgroup, I have yet to see a Question
> go Unanswered....and, invariably, every Question gets an Answer from
> Mathgroup showing various methods for doing what they want with
> Mathematica....
>
> How on Earth can it get any better then that???
>
> jerry blimbaum
>
> From: James Womack
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:18 AM
> To: mathgroup
> Cc: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: Re: Low CPU usage
>
> I agree. It is a steep learning curve, but once you spend a while using
> it you begin to see just how powerful a tool it is!
>
>
> On 19 October 2011 10:35, mathgroup <fizzymath at knology.net> wrote:
>
> Ben...
>
> I can't answer your question , however, would like , for what it's
> worth, to
> tell you my experience....
>
> When I first started Mathematica it was frustrating as hell.....the
> only
> thing that saved me from throwing in the towel was Mathgroup....and
> their
> Expertise is FREE....Amazing!!!
>
> After a while I reached the point where you can't tear me away from
> Mathematica....there are too many things of value in it for me....too
> many
> things that I can do with it that, by hand, would be abominable or
> impossible.....I think Mathematica has endless applications whether
> Education or Professionally and is only hampered by the Imagination of
> the
> User...
>
> jerry blimbaum
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Gear
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:42 AM
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: Low CPU usage
>
> All,
>
> Frequently when Mathematica is trying to evaluate an expression the CPU
> usage on my machine seems remarkably low; one core will be ~70% with
> the
> others only up to ~20%. I'd expect one core at least to be maxed out.
> The
> hard disk isn't being hammered, RAM usage doesn't increase, so my
> question
> is: where is the bottle neck? I'm new to Mathematica so is this normal
> behaviour? I'm using 64 bit Win 7.
>
> On a related note some of my expressions just don't seem to ever
> return,
> particularly those involving Sum[] - again, is this normal?
>
> My experience with Mathematica so far has mostly been frustrating. I
> can
> get it to do dead simple things, but anything vaguely complex it seems
> to
> choke on. Just getting it to replicate what I can do by hand seems an
> uphill
> struggle. Do many use it professionally or is it mainly used in
> education?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
--
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com
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