algnuth
Languages and libraries
math library
SHOW HN2018
157points
26comments
#253of 2,155 in 2018
Top 12%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy to read and inspiring compared with Sage
From 2 comments
Nice! Even though this is implemented before, it is easy to read (and if you only need simple functions, downloading Sage is a bit of a overkill (there is an online version of…
FredrikMeyer on HNNo, it's good work. Sage is hard to read, and your code is easy to read. Good job!
mixedmath on HN
Objections
Not really algebraic number theory; more computational number theory
From 1 comment
Not really what people/mathematicians would generally understand as "algebraic number theory". More like computational number theory or computational algebra.
mbid on HN
Should be part of Sage rather than standalone
From 1 comment
It seems like this should be a part of Sage rather than a standalone library.
adenadel on HN
Requests
Publish on PyPI
From 2 comments
Is the library published on PyPI?
druml on HNYou can also publish anything to pypi in like 5 minutes. Go for it.
williamstein on HN
Questions
Is it published on PyPI?
From 1 comment
Is the library published on PyPI?
druml on HN
Alternatives named
Sage
From 2 comments
It seems like this should be a part of Sage rather than a standalone library.
adenadel on HNAt the very beginning (back in 2005) it was mostly a distribution, but during the last 12 years an enormous amount of new code (over 500K SLOC) has been written, building on top…
williamstein on HN
NZMATH
From 1 comment
Indeed, Sage can be difficult to read, because our primary motivation is speed and scalable to support cutting edge research. If you don't know about it, you might find…
williamstein on HN
SageCell and CoCalc
From 1 comment
> (there is an online version of Sage ...) They are http://sagecell.sagemath.org/ and https://cocalc.com
williamstein on HN