On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 03:43:00AM -0800, Jason Grout wrote:
> >I'd rather have it called `echelon_form`, so I vote for leaving
> >echelon_form as is. Jason's current change has the merit of pleasing
> >everyone. If there is a strong majority for further changing
> >`echelon_form`, then please make sure to keep it available under some
> >alternative name.
>
>
> Yes, as I understood it, the original plan was to make the current
> echelon_form instead be called hermite_form.
Which would then do standard Gauss elimination over a field. Hmm. I
find this rather misleading, so -1. echelon_form is such a nice name
for the generic thing. But that's just my view, and I am coming late
in the discussion.
Cheers,
Nicolas
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