swklassen@tiger.waterloo.edu (Steven W. Klassen) (03/13/90)
Now that ver. 1.0 of my toolkit has been completed, it is time to start working on ver. 2.0. Currently I am planning on ver. 2.0 to included a library for working with various implementations of binary trees, as well as a library which I am currently just calling a linear algebra package. My initial proposal for the linear algebra package would include a number of routines for finding the roots of polynomials and for working with matrices. The matrices routines would include finding determinants, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, norms (maybe), row reduction (solving systems of equations), inversion, and multiplying matrices. This is a rather incomplete list and I am hoping that some of you out there can help add to this list. Please e-mail me and tell me what you would look for in a linear algebra package. What sort of routines (if you could provide the location of algorithms, i.e. names of textbooks, that would also be useful) would you like to see, and what sort of calling format would you like to see. I won't guarantee that I will use all your ideas or even that I will respond to your mail, but I will consider all ideas. ver. 2.0 of the toolkit (including all updates and corrections from ver. 1.0, a library for working with binary trees, and the linear algebra package) should be ready by Christmas but I can make no guarantees to that effect. (Depends on how much overtime I get at my new job.) (P.S. If anyone wants to help write any of it, or if you already have some routines which you have written but don't want to go to the trouble of supporting, feel free to e-mail me and we can probably work something out.) Steven W. Klassen +-----------------------------+ Computer Science Major | Support the poor...buy fur! | University of Waterloo +-----------------------------+