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Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software |
Date: |
27 Nov 2007 18:41:44 -0600 |
Michel Lavaud <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
| > | This trend is especially common among experimental scientists, for two
reasons
| > | : first, they have lot of money so they can buy very expensive software,
and
| > | second, there is an inherent uncertainty in experimental results, so they
| > | translate their tolerance to errors in experimental results toward
tolerance
| > | to possible errors in commercial software, without realizing (or wanting
to
| > | realize) that errors in experiment and software are of a complete
different
| > | nature : error in an experimental measure is unavoidable and inherent to
| > | experimental work, while error in a software is completely avoidable
since it
| > | is pure mathematics, expressed in a computer language instead of plain
| > | English.
| >
| > That may be the case. In the interest of rigor and openness as you
| > promote, do you have data for that scenario we could all check so that
| > it does not appear to be a gratuitous anecdote?
| >
| >
| Once again, I'm not sure I understand the question : which data would
| you like that "all could check" ?
# [...] so they translate their tolerance to errors in experimental
# results toward tolerance to possible errors in commercial software
-- Gaby
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, (continued)
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/11/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, 2007/11/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/11/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software,
Gabriel Dos Reis <=
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Michel Lavaud, 2007/11/28
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: AMS Notices: Open Source Mathematical Software, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/11/28
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