drector@orion.oac.uci.edu (David Rector) (05/20/91)
I intend to use SMALLTALK V for teaching an undergraduate course in
Numerical Analysis next year. Before I write the support software, I
would like to know what already exists. I would also like to hear
from anyone who has experience using SMALLTALK in teaching (or doing)
numerical analysis.
Needed classes:
Data structures: e.g. intervals, nets, vectors, matrices, linear
systems, polynomials, splines, ...
Linear Algebra: equations and eigensystems, both dense and sparse.
Transcendental and polynomial equation solvers.
Quadrature
Differential Equation solvers
Fast Fourier Transforms
2D and 3D graphics.
PDE systems.
High precision floating point arithmetic.
etc.
Any help is gratefully appreciated.
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David L. Rector drector@orion.oac.uci.edu
Dept. of Math. U. C. Irvine, Irvine CA 92717sdl@aries.lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) (05/27/91)
In article <2837ECBF.10865@orion.oac.uci.edu> drector@orion.oac.uci.edu (David Rector) writes: > I intend to use SMALLTALK V for teaching an undergraduate course in > Numerical Analysis next year. Before I write the support software, I > would like to know what already exists. I would also like to hear > from anyone who has experience using SMALLTALK in teaching (or doing) > numerical analysis. Have a look at the book, "Object-Oriented Programming with Smalltalk/V," by D. Savic (published by Ellis Horwood, 1990). It discusses how to use Smalltalk/V to do such things as: - Matrix operations, including determinants, Gauss-Jordan elimination, linear transformations, and eigenvalues. - 2-D and 3-D graphical transformations. - Runge-Kutta method for ordinary differential equations. - Solving parabolic partial differential equations. As for using Smalltalk for mathematical analysis, you might wish to contact Sandra Walther or Dick Peskin at Rutgers University. They are associated with a research group called "Computer-Aided Industrial Productivity" (CAIP), which is using Smalltalk for research into scientific visualization and computational fluid dynamics. -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,necntc,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
ghazi@athos.rutgers.edu (Kaveh R. Ghazi) (05/29/91)
>>I intend to use SMALLTALK V for teaching an undergraduate course in >> Numerical Analysis next year. Before I write the support software, I >> would like to know what already exists. I would also like to hear >> from anyone who has experience using SMALLTALK in teaching (or doing) >> numerical analysis. >As for using Smalltalk for mathematical analysis, you might wish to >contact Sandra Walther or Dick Peskin at Rutgers University. They are >associated with a research group called "Computer-Aided Industrial >Productivity" (CAIP), which is using Smalltalk for research into >scientific visualization and computational fluid dynamics. >Steven Litvintchouk I have already passed on the request for smalltalk numerical analysis pointers to the researchers you mentioned (our regular news disk is down or they would have seen it themselves.) Just for the record, CAIP stands for "Computer *Aids* for Industrial Productivity." --Kaveh -- Kaveh R. Ghazi CAIP Center, Rutgers University. ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu rutgers!caip.rutgers.edu!ghazi