[LON-CAPA-users] looking for linear algebra library

Jay Sullivan lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:33:36 -0500


Thanks. Works like a charm. I would definitely be interested in said library.
JS


On Nov 20, 2007 7:35 AM, Peter Riegler <p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> basically, perl's split will do the job.
> One of my students, Yuriy, is currently working on a library that
> facilitates things like that. The following fragment is taken out of
> that, assuming that $maximamatrix contains maxima's return. @matrix will
> contain a perl array of row vectors
>
>         #convert response from Maxima to array
>         my @matrix;
>         while ($maximamatrix =~ s/\[([^\[\])]+)\]//) {
>            my $s = $1;
>            my @t = split(/,/,$s);
>            push(@matrix,\@t);
>         }
>
> As the said library seems to be useful, we will hurry up to publish it.
> I will keep you informed.
>
> Peter
>
> PS (to Yuriy) : maybe a lazy quantifier
> $maximamatrix =~ s/\[(.+?)\]//
> would be more efficient ...?
>
>
> Jay Sullivan wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the pointer. I think I will like using the maxima
> > interface. However, I'm stuck trying to figure out how to pass a
> > matrix from maxima into a perl variable.
> >
> > Based on the example below, from the output, it looks like maxima
> > received the correct matrix input and evaluated the inverse matrix
> > correctly. How could I assign the output of the &cas routine to a
> > multidimensional perl array? Any tips? Thanks.
> >
> > code:
> > <problem>
> > <script type="loncapa/perl">
> > $s= 'maxima';
> > @B = ();
> > $str = &cas($s,'invert(matrix([10,0,0],[0,3,0],[0,0,1]))');
> > $str=~s/matrix//;
> > @B = $str;
> > $tmp = $B[0][0];
> > </script>
> > $str<br/>
> > $tmp
> > </problem>
> >
> > output:
> > ([1/10,0,0],[0,1/3,0],[0,0,1])
> > $tmp
> >
> > JS
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2007 4:53 PM, Peter Riegler <p.riegler@fh-wolfenbuettel.de> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>loncapa provides access to maxima, a free computer algebra system.
> >>Maxima comes with all the functionalities you need here.
> >>You might want to have a look at the ressources at
> >>/res/fhwf/username/Mathematik/LineareAlgebra
> >>or
> >>/res/nds/username/Mathematik/LineareAlgebra
> >>
> >>Most of them are in German, but the source code should be available.
> >>
> >>Peter
> >>
> >>
> >>Jay Sullivan wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Does anyone have a linear algebra perl library they would mind sharing?
> >>>
> >>>I'm looking for basic matrix functionality: matrix add, subtract,
> >>>multiply, determinant, inverse
> >>>
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>Jay
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