Donna
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On 28-Jun-06, at 9:47 PM, Miller, Raul D wrote:
Donna L.Y. wrote:
Here are some examples of the class of problems that I am referring
to when I concurred that it might be interesting to know the
difference between 1r3 and 111r333: ...
Why do you phrase this issue that way?
sorry if is the source of confusion. What I might want is to know if
the result is an integer and if if is not, what were the integers
involved.
yes I know this is not J's problem to resolve. But before J
introduced 1r3, that was not J's problem (solution) either
Why not phrase it as, for example, the difference between the ratio
represented by 1 3 and the ratio represented by 111 333. Or, as
the difference between the expression '1%3' and the expression
'111%333'. Or append the letter 'x' to those expressions. Or,
I am not looking at differences where there are in fact no
differences--I am trying to make sure for example that I don't have a
solution that cuts a human being into thirds after which they don't
function very well
...
?
After all, internally, the number 1r3 is represented as something
analogous to (<(,1);,3), and the number 111111r333337 is represented
as something analogous to (<111 111;333 337). If J can do that
internally, is there some reason why application code can't resort
to similar measures?
P.S. in your earlier message, where you wrote:
Max μ = α,χ
notation, notation, notation
this means in plain english (as well as I can manage it)
Maximize the arbitrarily named μ which could be named Z or
Rumplestilskin
you did not define μ. Perhaps you mean that μ is an n element
vector where the ith element of μ is either the ith element of
α or the ith element of χ, whichever is larger. But the notation
I'm familiar with would have expressed that as μ = Max α,χ, and
that still would not indicate the relevance of μ to the problem.
(And, yes, I could probably look this up, but I'm not very
energetic at the moment.)
Apparently I enjoy wasting my energy
Anyways... clarification needed...
Sorry for tongue in check answers--it would be better if they made
you laugh or you otherwise ignored the whole thing as no reply is
required. I will simply keep trying to discover what I need and you
can keep doing whatever
Thanks for your contribution most especially in letting me know how
my post could be misinterpreted which is very helpful to me.
--
Raul
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