Re: [open-axiom-devel] Abstract Vector Algebra

2013-04-06 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:21 AM, u1204 wrote: >>> This would be a first example of a special symbolic domain that would >>> create "arbitrary integers" rather than actual integers. >>> >>> This is my approach to the Maple "assume" facility. I want to say that >>> the uderlying domain is an "indeter

Re: [open-axiom-devel] Abstract Vector Algebra

2013-04-06 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:01 AM, u1204 wrote: > Gaby, > >>> I will note that the NSF will not fund open source projects. >>> Science can only occur if you are at a University. Sigh. >> >>I don't know why you are saying that, NSF certainly has been >>funding many open source projects, as long as the

[open-axiom-devel] Abstract Vector Algebra

2013-04-05 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:44 PM, u1204 wrote: >>This is probably not very practical, but I was just trying to do a >>thought experiment to investigate what would be required to have >>variables that range over domains that are not numbers. > > Actually, I wrote an NSF proposal to introduce "indete