On 12/05/2012 02:42 PM, Roy Stogner wrote:
>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, David Knezevic wrote:
>
>> So I'd like to add an indefinite dot-product to libMesh. Any thoughts on
>> the API? A separate "indefinite_dot" method in NumericVector? Or a
>> boolean argument (with default value to maintain API backwards
>> compatibility) in the existing dot method?
>
> I'd prefer a separate method.

No problem.


>
>> Also, on a related note, I posted to libmesh-users about
>> add_vector_tranpose and how I'd like it to do a conjugate-tranpose in
>> the complex-valued case (perhaps toggled with an optional boolean
>> argument as above?).
>
> I'd keep the existing behavior the way it is, but add a new method
> "add_vector_conjugate" or "add_vector_adjoint", or some name that
> clearly denotes a conjugate transpose, with the new behavior.

OK, probably add_vector_hermitian is a good name for the new method.

David


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