An introduction to the Julia language, part 2

Posted Sep 5, 2018 15:06 UTC (Wed) by epithumia (subscriber, #23370)
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I think this is one of those things where there isn't true consistency of notation. For example, in undergrad algebra I learned function composition in the order that Julia does it. Wikipedia even has a section about the notational disconnect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_composition#Altern...

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An introduction to the Julia language, part 2

Posted Sep 8, 2018 19:44 UTC (Sat) by jrn (subscriber, #64214) [Link] (1 responses)

Just curious: what textbook did you use for undergrad algebra? E.g. was it Topics in Algebra by Herstein?

An introduction to the Julia language, part 2

Posted Oct 23, 2018 23:36 UTC (Tue) by epithumia (subscriber, #23370) [Link]

I took two years of undergrad algebra. We did use Herstein's text, and Hungerford's, and some random other things that I can't even remember, plus a ream of hand-typed notes from one professor. (And this was the 90s, so typewriters were getting pretty rare by then. He did not use an electric typewriter.) Given that this professor was eclectic enough to refuse to acknowledge daylight savings time, we got to see all sorts of interesting notational issues.