On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:24 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm just starting to write a book on Sage for an undergrad course.
> It's supposed
> to have a "narrative" and "personal" feel, much more so than the
> tutorial or other
> books. I guess it's a little like "Sage for newbies" except (1) aimed at
> senior
> undergrads with a programming background, and (2) will be finished by June
> at the lastest. I'm posting it here as I write it:
>
> http://wiki.wstein.org/2008/480a/book
>
> Comments on the general structure, approach, etc., are welcome, before it is
> too late.
>
> --
> William Stein
> Associate Professor of Mathematics
> University of Washington
> http://wstein.org
>
Hi William,
I really like the way your book is written, it looks very promising!
What follows is a list of typos I noted, and just a few comments.
Best,
--
Hector
Legend:
-: typos
*: comments
p.3:
- "algorithms for compuations" /// computations
- "In sharp contract" /// contrast
p.8:
* "start the notebook by typing ./sage -notebook" /// example does "$
sage -inotebook" instead
* maybe \emph{command line} and \emph{Sage notebook} would be better
throughout section 1.1.2
p.12:
- "WinSCP Using WinSCP" /// missing period
* "...by assigning to it. E.g.," /// "...by assigning to it. For example,"
* maybe \emph{save} and \emph{load} would be better throughout section 1.1.3
p.14:
- "my favoriates" /// favorites
p.15:
* "You can also use the : slicing notation" /// improve readability
"You can also use the slicing notation, e.g. a[1:3], ..."
p.16:
* The output does not follow the input:
sage: b = [[1,2], 1.234, 3/4, vector([1/3,2,3]), [[1]]]
sage: b[0] = 5
sage: b[-1] = 'hello'
sage: b[:2] = [1,2,3,4]
sage: b[1:4] = []
sage: len(b); b
4
[1, 3/4, (1/3, 2, 3), 'hello']
- "There many list methods" /// missing "are"
p.18:
- " for computing the numer" /// number
p.19:
- "after millions of people have used it" /// missing period
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