Re: [math] support for discrete mathematics & number theory

2015-09-29 Thread Phil Steitz
On 9/29/15 2:24 PM, Gilles wrote: > On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:58:21 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: >> On 9/29/15 11:26 AM, Luca Vercelli wrote: >>> Dear developers, >>> I think that commons-math lacks support for number theory and >>> algebra. >>> In particular, the "primes" package is quite poor, as it on

Re: [math] support for discrete mathematics & number theory

2015-09-29 Thread Gilles
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:58:21 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: On 9/29/15 11:26 AM, Luca Vercelli wrote: Dear developers, I think that commons-math lacks support for number theory and algebra. In particular, the "primes" package is quite poor, as it only supports "int" primes, where some "BigInteger"

Re: [math] support for discrete mathematics & number theory

2015-09-29 Thread Phil Steitz
On 9/29/15 11:26 AM, Luca Vercelli wrote: > Dear developers, > I think that commons-math lacks support for number theory and algebra. > In particular, the "primes" package is quite poor, as it only supports > "int" primes, where some "BigInteger" would be required when searching > for large primes.