The shorter name is fine. Operate is a bit funky. A more traditional verb would be be apply()
2012/1/12 Sébastien Brisard <sebastien.bris...@m4x.org> > Last question (***to native english speakers***): I'm not sure > isTransposable() really means what I would like it to mean. What do > you think of > boolean isTranspositionSupported()? > > Likewise, is this name OK > RealVector operateTranspose(RealVector) > considering that application of the real linear operator a is called > RealVector operate(RealVector). >