[Axiom-developer] RE: fixed point algebra

[Bill Page]

Tim,

What exactly do you mean by "the fixed-point algebra"?

See my reply to you of Tuesday, February 1 below.

I am back home in Canada after a busy week. There was a LOT
of interest in Axiom and MathAction in Mexico. I gave several
detailed presentations at both Cautitlan and at the main campus
of UNAM in Mexico City. There was a very positive response and
as a result it is a good possibility that Axiom might be
"officially recommended" by the university as an alternative
to Mathematica and Maple. They are also considering the use
of MathAction as a model to support online student access to
tutorials and mathematical tools.

One of my hosts while in Mexico, Jesus Cruz, has direct
resposiblity for establishing policies on the use of symbolic
mathematics for the whole of UNAM. He is a mathematical
theoretical physicist by training by now the Vice-director
of the Cautitlan campus. If travel funds are available it
might be a good strategy to invite him to the Axiom meeting in
April.

Regards,
Bill Page.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:51 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: fixed point algebra
> 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Is the fixed-point algebra in the --windows branch?
> 
> t


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Page [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:00 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: bio and abstract
> 
> 
> Tim,
> 
> I am in Mexico this week and will be giving demos of Axiom and
> MathAction at a university here, so my email replies might be a
> little more iratic than usual ...
> 
> The --windows branch does not contain any changes to the algebra.
> I have not tried to implement the new bootstrap code that Steve
> setup a couple of weeks ago.
> 
> But the --windows branch does include a new script called
> 
>   fixedPoint
> 
> which automatically does an iterative fixed point build,
> ie. it repeats the build until the generated lisp no longer
> changes. That means building the algebra part of Axiom 3
> times.
> 
> Is that clear? Should I explain this a little more?
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Page
> 
> > 
> > From: root <address@hidden>
> > Date: 2005/01/31 Mon PM 11:19:18 EST
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: bio and abstract
> > 
> I'm compiling axiom for different systems.
> I'm going to change the download page at some point.
> 
> Does the --windows branch contain the correct fixed-point algebra?
> 
> t
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