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From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
Newsgroups: comp.specification
Subject: Re: Linear Algebra and Specifications
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Date: 3 Jul 90 13:28:05 GMT
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jwb@cepmax.ncsu.EDU (John W. Baugh Jr.) writes:

>Or perhaps all of this is just too messy--maybe the
>chasm between numerical analysis and linear algebra
>is too great.  Any comments/suggestions welcome

As a numerical analyst with lots of interests and experience in numerical
linear algebra, I think you're missing much of the point. In any traditional
sense, linear algebra is a major component of numerical. If you're
restricting numerical to ``floating point'' then  I suggest that you survey
the literature a bit. Kahaner, who got the Turing Award This time, is just
one of several schools of thought. For example, in Europe, there is
a large following of Kuelish, et al, who center their work around making
inner products work right---the rest follows from that.
The interval people --- out at the Oregon Grad Center --- are also quite
active.

There is no chasm between numerical analysis and linear algebra --- they're
intimately intertwined.

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Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson           steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science,            (803)656-5880.mabell
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906