Linda, now please consider

    ic  NB. interval from complex
 [: , ([: i: 9&o.) j./ [: i: 11&o.
    ic 0j2
 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2

Kip

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On Jan 19, 2013, at 4:53 AM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote:

>   C=: 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2
>   f
> -: /:~
>   f C
> 1
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com
> [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of km
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 10:47 PM
> To: programm...@jsoftware.com
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] [Jprogrammingou Hermitian from triangular
> 
> For what it's worth
> 
>    ic 1j2
> _1j_2 _1j_1 _1 _1j1 _1j2 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2 1j_2 1j_1 1 1j1 1j2
> 
>    (-: /:~) ic 1j2
> 1
> 
> On ordering the complex numbers, see the penultimate sentence of the
> vocabulary entry for Grade /:
> 
> http://www.jsoftware.com/docs/help701/dictionary/d422.htm
> 
> Kip
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:28 PM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> At least these are sensible subsets of complex numbers. In their 
>> entirety, complex numbers have been considered unorderable (at least 
>> when I went to school).
>> 
>> Instead of:
>>  ic 1j2
>> _1j_2 _1j_1 _1 _1j1 _1j2 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2 1j_2 1j_1 1 1j1 1j2
>> 
>> how about this:
>> 
>>  ic 1j2
>> 1j_2 1j_1 1 1j1 1j2
>> 
>> It seems to match:
>> 
>>  ic 0j2
>> 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2
>> 
>> I haven't considered how you got your subsets or how you would get my 
>> alternative.
>> 
>> Linda
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----From: 
>> programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com
>> [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of km
>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 11:14 AM
>> To: programm...@jsoftware.com
>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Hermitian from triangular
>> 
>> Linda, would you buy
>> 
>>    ic =: 13 : ',(i: 9 o. y) j./ i: 11 o. y'
>>   ic 1
>> _1 0 1
>>   ic 2
>> _2 _1 0 1 2
>>   ic 1j2
>> _1j_2 _1j_1 _1 _1j1 _1j2 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2 1j_2 1j_1 1 1j1 1j2
>> 
>>   ic 0j2
>> 0j_2 0j_1 0 0j1 0j2
>> 
>> Kip
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 4:33 AM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Kip, I just got back to a different and interesting sidetrack on this 
>>> long thread.  What a simple way to write a proof in J.
>>> 
>>>  _1 = ^ 0j1 * o. 1
>>> 1
>>> 
>>> (0j1 * o.1) = ^. _1
>>> 1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Therefore:  Negative numbers can have logarithms to the base e
>>> 
>>> Can they also have common logs?
>>> 
>>> Also, It makes you wonder if there isn't some sequence out there 
>>> somewhere where there is an ordered sequence of complex numbers:
>>> 
>>>  i:2
>>> _2 _1 0 1 2
>>> 
>>> i:0j2
>>> 
>>> Happy wandering and pondering.
>>> 
>>> Linda
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com
>>> [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of km
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:31 AM
>>> To: programm...@jsoftware.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Hermitian from triangular
>>> 
>>> Linda, about logarithms of negative numbers
>>> 
>>> First of all, you know the number e =: ^ 1 and you know ^ y is e^y .  
>>> You may not know that  ^ x j. y  by definition is  (^ x) * (cos + 0j1
>>> * sin) y where cos =:  2&o. and sin =: 1&o.  .  I first learned this 
>>> in a college math class called Complex Analysis.  A good reference is E.
>> B. Saff and A.
>>> D. Snider, Fundamentals of Complex Analysis, Pearson Education, Inc.
> 2003.
>>> 
>>> Anyway, a famous identity in higher math is
>>> 
>>>  _1 = ^ 0j1 * o. 1
>>> 1
>>> 
>>> which should tell you that
>>> 
>>>  (0j1 * o.1) = ^. _1
>>> 1
>>> 
>>> i.e., negative numbers can have logarithms to the base e .  For more 
>>> on this, please see Saff and Snider's Chapter 3.
>>> 
>>> Kip Murray
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 4:22 AM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Isn't the log of negative numbers indefined?
>>>> 
>>>> This is a problem:
>>>> 
>>>> %1&o.+0
>>>> _
>>>> %1&o.-0
>>>> _
>>>> 
>>>> This is nice!
>>>> 
>>>> %1&o.%_
>>>> _
>>>> %1&o.%__
>>>> __
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The csc is very small for negative numbers close to zero and very 
>>>> large for very small positive numbers.
>>>> 
>>>> Linda
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com
>>>> [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Bo 
>>>> Jacoby
>>>> Sennt: Thursday, January 17, 2013 3:37 AM
>>>> To: programm...@jsoftware.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Hermitian from triangular
>>>> 
>>>> Henry, How is negative zero different from positive zero when taking 
>>>> the log?
>>>> ^.%__ NB. log -0
>>>> __
>>>> ^.%_  NB. log +0
>>>> __
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> - Bo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> Fra: Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com>
>>>>> Til: programm...@jsoftware.com
>>>>> Sendt: 0:38 torsdag den 17. januar 2013
>>>>> Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Hermitian from triangular
>>>>> 
>>>>> Negative zero makes sense as a last vestige of gradual underflow; 
>>>>> and
>>>> anyway, it's well-behaved: it looks like 0 except when you take the 
>>>> log, reciprocal, or square root.  In any normal computation, it goes 
>>>> away. In contrast, NaN messes up anything it touches.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think we've had negative 0 in J forever.  If NaN is a data virus,
>>>>> -0 is a
>>>> virus that has been inserted into our DNA.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Henry Rich
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 1/16/2013 4:45 PM, Raul Miller wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Negative zero isn't a bug, it's a feature that numerical types, 
>>>>>>> especially William Kahan, wanted to get into IEEE-754 to help out 
>>>>>>> some things.  I'm not expert enough to explain.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Something similar could be said about NaN.
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