Hi Stefan,
On Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:49:35 AM UTC-4, Stefan Krastanov wrote:
>
> I am asking for feedback on your preferences for a naming convention:
> How would you like to name (**not** print) the basis vectors (d/dx,
> d/dy) and the basis forms (dx, dy).
>
> For the forms I suppose it is clear: dx and dy (dr, dtheta, etc). And
> printing them will give the same thing (in pprint unicode, latex,
> etc).
>
> Here vectors mean directional derivative operators:
> However base vectors are a bit less obvious. In latex they will be
> \frac{\part}{\part x}, as in pprint unicode, however how to print/name
> them in simple python ascii?
>
> `d_dx` or `e_x` or `X` or `u_x` or `vx` ...?
>
> I prefer `d_dx` for the moment. `e_x` and `u_x` are not that bad too.
> I dislike `X` as it is too close to `x` which is the coordinate
> function.
>
> For the moment I will proceed with `d_dx`. Any changes will happen in
> future pull requests.
>
I vote for ' e_x' . For me, d_dx is too reminiscent of derivative with
respect to x. But hey, it is probably not that important assuming one gets
used to the notation.
Comer
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