Re: [Lib2geom-devel] [Inkscape-devel] Help with numpy.linalg.solve

[Nathan H. <nj...@nj...>]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 11:08:18PM +0200, Johan Engelen wrote:
> (copying lib2geom maillist on this)
> 
> On 7-4-2014 22:06, Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz wrote:
> > Is there any function in 2Geom to handle this:
> > http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/systems-linear-equations-matrices.html
> > or the same :python numpy.linalg.solve
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Jabier.
> 
> Hi Jabier,
>    I think there is, have a look at 2geom/numeric/linear_system.h
> I have never used it, and know nothing about it. But it's there :-)

Jabier, Johan,

Yes, though I wonder whether we would be better off using something
like Eigen for our numerics, as this was something that someone
(marco? jan?) stuck in for a specific problem.  There are better
libraries for linear algebra, and we shouldn't reinvent the wheel
there.

njh