Re: [Axiom-developer] Clifford Algebra (Physics, Geometry, Algebra)

2016-12-09 Thread Martin Baker
On 08/12/16 18:03, Tim Daly wrote: So the real question might be "Can I formulate my physics in matrix and tensors and shift between them". Which leads to the question "Can I easily convert between matrices and tensors?" From what I've seen so far this should be possible, provided it is implement

Re: [Axiom-developer] Clifford Algebra (Physics, Geometry, Algebra)

2016-12-08 Thread Tim Daly
I've given no thought to unifying these three areas or layering them in any obvious way. I'd be interested in any thoughts you have on the subject. For quantum physics I'm working my way through Nielsen "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" and Mermin "Quantum Computer Science" I want to b

[Axiom-developer] Clifford Algebra

2016-12-08 Thread Martin Baker
Tim, You recently mentioned Clifford Algebra a couple of times so I thought I would mention an idea that I had on the subject. The idea is still too vague and hand-wavy to turn into code but I would be interested to know if anyone thinks its viable? The idea is to implement a 3-layer archite

Re: [Axiom-developer] Clifford Algebra Requirements

2009-10-31 Thread Tim Daly
Martin Baker wrote: Bertfried, In addition to the limitations of the current Clifford algebra implementation, that you explained, there also seem (to my untrained eye) to be performance issues. Also I wanted to get a feel for the general Axiom design methodology by picking a specific issue.

[Axiom-developer] Clifford Algebra Requirements

2009-10-31 Thread Martin Baker
Bertfried, In addition to the limitations of the current Clifford algebra implementation, that you explained, there also seem (to my untrained eye) to be performance issues. Also I wanted to get a feel for the general Axiom design methodology by picking a specific issue. The current implementa