Xref: utzoo comp.lang.smalltalk:3014 comp.sources.wanted:16845 Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.sources.wanted Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!linus!linus!linus!sdl From: sdl@aries.lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) Subject: Re: Needed: Numerical Analysis/Graphics in SMALLTALK In-Reply-To: drector@orion.oac.uci.edu's message of 20 May 91 15:35:27 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: aries.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA References: <2837ECBF.10865@orion.oac.uci.edu> Date: 26 May 91 20:58:04 In article <2837ECBF.10865@orion.oac.uci.edu> drector@orion.oac.uci.edu (David Rector) writes: > I intend to use SMALLTALK V for teaching an undergraduate course in > Numerical Analysis next year. Before I write the support software, I > would like to know what already exists. I would also like to hear > from anyone who has experience using SMALLTALK in teaching (or doing) > numerical analysis. Have a look at the book, "Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk/V," by D. Savic (published by Ellis Horwood, 1990). It discusses how to use Smalltalk/V to do such things as: - Matrix operations, including determinants, Gauss-Jordan elimination, linear transformations, and eigenvalues. - 2-D and 3-D graphical transformations. - Runge-Kutta method for ordinary differential equations. - Solving parabolic partial differential equations. As for using Smalltalk for mathematical analysis, you might wish to contact Sandra Walther or Dick Peskin at Rutgers University. They are associated with a research group called "Computer-Aided Industrial Productivity" (CAIP), which is using Smalltalk for research into scientific visualization and computational fluid dynamics. -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,necntc,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"