[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Justin C. Walker
On Apr 3, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Nick Alexander wrote: > >> I don't see the need, and I'm always leery of overpopulating the >> namespace :-} You already have the functionality, and with '?', >> it is >> easily accessible. > > I don't always support synonyms but I do want all those little helper >

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Nick Alexander
> I don't see the need, and I'm always leery of overpopulating the > namespace :-} You already have the functionality, and with '?', it is > easily accessible. I don't always support synonyms but I do want all those little helper functions. The point is to make it easy to read code -- eigensy

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Apr 3, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Jason Grout wrote: > > Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different > ways to get eigenvalues and eigenvectors and it is hard to remember > which function goes with which type. > > How about we unify the interface? +1 This has bothered me too.

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread John Cremona
What about including the eigenvalue multiplicities as well? John On 03/04/2008, Justin C. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 3, 2008, at 07:52 , Alex Ghitza wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > William Stein wrote: > > | On Thu, Apr 3, 2008

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Justin C. Walker
On Apr 3, 2008, at 07:52 , Alex Ghitza wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > William Stein wrote: > | On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Justin C. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > |> > |> On Apr 3, 2008, at 03:38 , Jason Grout wrote: [snip] > |> I don't see the need

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Alex Ghitza
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William Stein wrote: | On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Justin C. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> On Apr 3, 2008, at 03:38 , Jason Grout wrote: |> > |> > Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different |> > ways to get

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Justin C. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 3, 2008, at 03:38 , Jason Grout wrote: > > > > Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different > > ways to get eigenvalues and eigenvectors and it is hard to remember > > which functi

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Justin C. Walker
On Apr 3, 2008, at 03:38 , Jason Grout wrote: > > Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different > ways to get eigenvalues and eigenvectors and it is hard to remember > which function goes with which type. > > How about we unify the interface? > > Proposal: > > eigenspaces:

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread Jason Grout
David Joyner wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different >> ways to get eigenvalues and eigenvectors and it is hard to remember >> which function goes with which type. >> >> How about we

[sage-devel] Re: eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices

2008-04-03 Thread David Joyner
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Currently, depending on the matrix type, there are several different > ways to get eigenvalues and eigenvectors and it is hard to remember > which function goes with which type. > > How about we unify the interface? > >