Hello, On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:06 AM, mukund <mukc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like to propose a new idea of implementing linear algebra to > add to the functionality and scope of the site .
FYI, SymPy already has a matrices module which, obviously, implements a part of linear algebra. > The idea is mainly to cover the concept of groups , rings , fields , > vectors etc using diagrammatic analysis and interactivity with user > and to make the user familiar with these ideas as they are usually > taught in an abstract way in general courses. > Kindly guide me if this is an appropriate and good enough idea to > implement ? Note that groups, rings, and fields are not subdomains of linear algebra. Linear algebra is only concerned with vector spaces and linear operators [0]. Groups, rings, and linear algebra are each a large domain in itself, each of them is worth being a separate GSoC project. I'd recommend that you choose one of these domains first. FYI, there are at least two ongoing discussions about implementing group theoretical stuff during GSoC: [1] and [2]. You mention diagrammatic analysis. This is a whole other domain, which is best generalised via a category theoretical approach. What exactly would like to implement in this direction? Finally, you mention interactively familiarising the user with these concepts. This is, again, worth being a separate project, since it implies quite a bit of work on deciding how to best represent information and eventually on implementing the design. You may consider going through [3]; your proposition combines some of the ideas listed on that page. Sergiu [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_algebra [1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sympy/kdkOafMtCPs/discussion [2] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sympy/mZ8K013YWZQ/discussion [3] https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2012-Ideas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
