[Trac] [OpenMath] #44: CD linalg1

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#44: CD linalg1
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     Reporter:  jauecker      |          Owner:  kohlhase  
         Type:  proposal      |         Status:  new       
     Priority:  major         |      Milestone:  CD3 Draft1
    Component:  OM3 Standard  |        Version:            
   Resolution:                |       Keywords:            
Include_gantt:  0             |   Dependencies:            
   Due_assign:  YYYY/MM/DD    |      Due_close:  YYYY/MM/DD
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Comment (by jhd):

 Replying to [ticket:44 jauecker]:
 > '''Chris:'''
 >
 >
 > This shows up all the usual 'total confusion' found in all teaching of
 > lin alg (including mine) about vectors and matrices and their
 > relationship to the underlying mathematical structures.  It is
 > probably not our job to sort it out but it would be nice if someone
 > can teach it to computers accurately ... one day!
 >
 > The first line illustrates this superbly:
 >
 > `Operations on Matrices (independent of the matrix representation).'
 I am afraid I don't understand the confusion. This CD is PURELY about
 matrices, not about linear transformations represented by matrices.
 'representation' here is to be read in a CS sense (and we should perhaps
 be more explicit about that), i.e. dense/ sparse/ banded ...

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