> My first adverb! Linda Given the topic and the person, it seems appropriate to point out that Ken Iverson credited Linda Alvord for getting over a pedagogic hurdle. From *Kenneth E. Iverson <http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/autobio.htm>*, 2008, section 5:
There were also surprises in the writing. Although the great utility of matrices was recognized (as in a 3-by-2 to represent a triangle), there was a great reluctance to use them because the concept was considered to be too difficult. Linda Alvord said to introduce the matrix as an outer product — an idea that the rest of us thought outrageous, until Linda pointed out that the kids already knew the idea from familiar addition and multiplication tables. On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]>wrote: > > My first adverb! Linda > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
