I'm glad we've all made up :) I have posted a rough draft of my GSoC proposal at https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Frank-Kreimendahl---GSoC-2011, and I would appreciate any feedback on the it. I tried to roll the ideas that people offered into my schedule, and I gave myself a crash course overview of the current algorithms that are in use. One thing that I am particularly unsure of is the functions that I am focusing on. I come from a purely mathematical background, where rref isn't any more or less important than eignevectors - they're both just properties of a matrix. So, if I should focus on different functions that are often used with sparse matrices, please point me in the right direction.
Should I go into more detail on the particular algorithms that I plan to use? Frank On Mar 30, 2:02 pm, Matthew Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Vinzent Steinberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 30, 6:25 am, Andy Ray Terrel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Matthew, I would agree that civility is important, but any civility > >> guide that tells a person not to speak up with another is attacking a > >> student's proposal is as useful as toilet paper. > > > I have to say that I'm a bit confused by the heat present in this > > thread. For sure you can say what you think, Andy. Actually, I > > encourage you to do so. There are many ways to say things, and I think > > Aaron did not mean to tell you "not to speak up", but rather to state > > your thoughts in a less emotionally heated way. > > Just in case it's useful: Andy - I interpret Aaron's request for > civility as a very gentle guide away from subtle signs that the thread > was getting a little heated. Specifically you said: "Furthermore I > find it distasteful for one > applicant to tell another that their idea is not suitable." Now, I > agree that's not notably rude, and your general point is reasonable. > However, the term 'distasteful' drifts towards an emotional treatment > of the problem - no big deal - as long as we all agree that - as you > say - civility is important. The key is - as you said in the > original email - respectful disagreement. > > >> This thread has become a diatribe of opinions. Nevertheless, Frank, > >> you should submit this proposal and continue to submit a patch for the > >> GSOC application. > > > I agree. Frank, please don't be scared away by conflicts in this > > thread. > > I should also say that I'm on lots of mailing lists and sympy is a > model of substantial, interesting and collegial discussion. Thanks > guys, > > Matthew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
