On May 16, 2007, at 12:13 PM, William Stein wrote: > On 5/16/07, Nathan Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Is anyone actively using this, daily, as part of their course work, >>> as would be done with Matlab, Mathematica, and the like? Perhaps at >>> Sage Days 4, there could be some discussion of how well it works in >>> practice, both for full-time classroom use (i.e., not as an "off to >>> the side" curiosity), and for math research. One aspect to consider >>> is how often, in these uses, do you run into dead-ends, parts of the >>> package that aren't yet implemented. > > I use SAGE for an undergrad number theory course I'm teaching right > now, where SAGE already blows away the competition.
Of course, since it's you, if you trip over a glitch, it takes 30 seconds to fix it and send yourself a patch :-} Seriously, it would be great to have some "satisfied customers" under our belt before cueing the trumpet flares... If a mathematician with no computer experience, or with no interest in applying what he has to using SAGE, can use SAGE successfully for a term or two, that says volumes about its viability. To some extent, I think we should mix "grass roots/word of mouth" success with a marketing campaign. I'm not being facetious about marketing, BTW: I think it's important to let others know what we're doing, and that is what marketing is about. [snip] > The deadline already passed for the national meeting in January in > 2008. > We could aim for a special session in 2009. Let's not forget and miss > the deadline again! > Regarding sectional meetings, that's a great idea. I'm actually > giving a > plenary talk on SAGE at the AMS Sectional Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT > July 30-Aug 3, 2007. Isn't that when the AIM workshop on modular forms takes place? Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds -------- If you're not confused, You're not paying attention -------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
