At 2017-06-25T02:40:52+0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> > But "gradient", by picking out one meaning of several
> > (gradient, divergence, laplacian)
>
> I have never seen the "nabla" symbol used for "laplacian".
> The Laplacian is the scalar product of the gradient with
> itself, or equivalently, the
Hi Doug,
thanks for commenting, also showing that you are not opposed to the
general idea.
Doug McIlroy wrote on Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 07:22:11PM -0400:
> Please change "gradient" to a generic name.
> It is usually read "del"
Using that designation would be unfortunate because "del" is also
com
Please change "gradient" to a generic name. It is usually
read "del" or "nabla" and it is often symbolized "grad" or "div"
But "gradient", by picking out one meaning of several
(gradient, divergence, laplacian) can obscure, rather than
reveal, the meaning.
doug
> I'm also appending the patch for ease of reference.
After a quick glance: LGTM. Thanks for working on this.
Werner
