* Manuel M T Chakravarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-13 12:30:40+1100] >> Indeed, a matrix library would be really nice. Before getting serious >> about this, please take a very close look at how PETSc >> (http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/) handles matrices. The >> abstraction >> is very important because most large matrices of interest are sparse >> or >> have some symmetry that makes them asymptotically cheaper to apply >> (like >> with an FFT, FMM, or tensor product). > > In my experience, it is a lot harder to get somebody who is motivated to > write a general-purpose library than getting somebody who is motivated to > write an application, which you can run and show to people at the end.
You're absolutely right from my (i.e. student's) point of view :) -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ ...being in love is totally punk rock...
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