Re: [Maxima-discuss] Use Lisp complex numbers in Maxima?

[Stavros M. (Σ. Μ. <mac...@al...>]

If you want to talk mathematics, why not think in terms of isomorphism
rather than identity?

Maxima complexes are *isomorphic* to Lisp complexes. They have the same
algebraic properties. That doesn't mean that Maxima complexes must be
represented as Lisp complexes.

             -s

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Robert Dodier <rob...@gm...>
wrote:

> On 2016-04-01, Stavros Macrakis <mac...@al...> wrote:
>
> > I don't think mathematics says anything about how to use the features of
> a
> > programming language to build a new abstraction. If Maxima were written
> in
> > C, would you give users access to untyped pointers? (Hmm, scary to think
> > that you might...)
>
> Ha, don't tempt me. Clearly the answer is yes, if untyped pointers have
> any algebraic properties of interest ... 8^)
>
> best
>
> Robert Dodier
>
>
>
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