Re: New?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg34133] Re: New?
- From: "Clifford J. Nelson" <cnelson9 at mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:48:40 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <ab06rq$1qs$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <ab06rq$1qs$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com> wrote: > I have questions about the BuckyMatrix notebook at > http://www.mathsource.com/cgi-bin/msitem?0212-072 > > First, I wonder how the formatting is achieved. > It's the DemoText selection of the standard Style Sheets from the Format menu. > Second, I'm wondering the purpose of the undefined symbol mz in the > early expressions. For instance, if mz is undefined then > > bm=(B@@#1&)/@mz/@Transpose[m] > > is equivalent to the much simpler > > B/@Transpose[m] > > and > > e=B@@mz[{5,6}] > > is equivalent to > > e=B[{5,6}] > > Ooh! Now I see! The symbol is defined near the bottom of the notebook, > AFTER it's used. Not a good idea, perhaps... it certainly confused ME! > Mathematica will ask you if you want to evaluate the initialization cells when you try to evaluate the first statement in the notebook. The definition of the function mz is one of the initialization cells. Cliff Nelson > Bobby Treat > > Dr. Bobby Treat > Survey Sampling: http://www.bus.utexas.edu/courses/msis/sta376/ > OR Models: http://www.me.utexas.edu/~treatb/ > Austin INFORMS: http://www.me.utexas.edu/~informs/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clifford J. Nelson [mailto:cnelson9 at mac.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg34133] New? > > Solving Matrix Problems Using Bucky Numbers. > > On MathSource: > http://www.mathsource.com/cgi-bin/msitem?0212-072 > > Or as HTML: > http://users.adelphia.net/~cnelson9/ > > An example of Bucky Numbers (fields isomorphic to the cyclotomic fields) > > and the Synergetics Coordinate System used to solve a problem normally > solved by the LinearSolve function. Linear Programming problems can be > solved the same way. > > I have been told some of it is not new. Can anyone tell me the name of a > > book or web site about something like B numbers and the Synergetics > coordinate system? > > Cliff Nelson > > > >