I have to agree. The slide where you list p-adic numbers, p-adic L-functions and p-adic height pairings kinda jumped out at me. While I'm obviously interested in that kind of stuff, it won't appeal as much to a non-specialist audience.
One might argue that as things implemented natively in Sage, these will count toward the innovation category. Perhaps, but then you should emphasize that aspect, and tone down the words that the judges will have never heard before (ie p-adics). And I think Philippe does have a point that Sage does a lot in the innovation category that is more widely applicable. David On Nov 25, 2007 2:35 PM, Philippe Saade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > don't you think you should add examples closer to "applied math" as > Discreet Fourier transform, financial math, Finite Element Method, etc > ? > > Some explanations : > I am a french teacher and if the Jury is not aware of the importance > of p-adic stuff or Elliptic Curve story, it will all appear quiet a > mystery. A lot of research labs, university or schools could be happy > with sage. And i think your presentation should insist on the fact > that SAGE can be used by a huge amount of people and not only > specialists (mathematicians...). It's true that SAGE is great for > professional mathematicians, but it can also do a great job in > education... > > More images might help the jury to be convinced of it... > > Hope my remarks will help (and let me say your work is very good > already...) > > Best regards, > philippe Saadé > > On Nov 25, 2007 4:14 PM, Martin Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > Sage is among the finalists of this year's Les Trophees du Libre > competition > > in Paris, France. > > > > http://www.tropheesdulibre.org/+Finalists-projects?lang=en > > > > I am going to represent Sage at the finals (each project has to give a > 30 > > minute presentation) and thus prepared some slides available at: > > > > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/malb/20071129%20-%20SAGE%20-%20Paris/ > > > > cetril.pdf is the presentation, SAGE_Demo.sws the demo worksheet, and > > SAGE_Demo.pdf the PDF version of that demo. The target audience is a > group of > > people who want to promote open-source but probably are not into > mathematics > > at all. So presenting that we have a very sophisticated model for p-adic > > arithmetic and comparing Sage with Magma might not do the trick. (but > Sage is > > in the 'scientific software' section, so it is okay to talk a little > about > > mathematics ;-)) > > > > The rules for the competition also indicate what the judges are going to > be > > looking for: > > > > """ > > All the software will be tested and evaluated according to the criteria > set > > out below: > > - Innovation (coefficient of 3) > > - Functionality (coefficient of 3) > > - Quality/stability (coefficient of 3) > > - Durability (coefficient of 3) > > - Utility (coefficient of 4) > > - Documentation (coefficient of 3) > > - Ease of installation (coefficient of 1) > > - General renown (coefficient of -15) > > """ > > > > I believe I've addressed these points implicitly (and I prefer to > address them > > implicitly) but I'd appreciate feedback on the talk and demo. Also, what > else > > could go into a demo for non-mathematicians? Is your name missing in the > list > > of contributes (I generated that from the hg logs)? > > > > Cheers, > > Martin > > > > -- > > name: Martin Albrecht > > _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 > > _www: > > http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~malb<http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/%7Emalb> > > _jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
