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Re: Using Mathematica results in publications



It's a problem of scientific method, in my view. The fact that the
internals are not public is irrelevant, just as most people do not care
about the availability of the Windows operating system source code. I
do base some of my research on Mathematica output, but so far I have
always compared results given by two different algorithms (possibly
both accomplished via Mathematica, why not?), in some cases one giving
analytical results and the other numerical. What I will not do is
believe the result of an integral extending through 100 pages with no
further cross-checking.


-----Original Message-----
From: Linc Davis <l_davis@ix.netcom.com> To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg11755] [mg11699] Using Mathematica results in publications


>Given that the internals of Mathematica are not public, are there any
>practical or philosophical problems involved in using the results of
>its computations in published research? Obviously this has to be done
>with proper attribution, but aren't you just taking Wolfram's word for
>it that the results are accurate? Just wondering. Thanks for replies.
>
>--
>Lincoln R. Davis
>(e-mail address is valid)
>
>




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