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Re:Calculize: A Mathematical Scripting Language by sesqu on Thursday August 11, 2011 @07:17PM (#2875259)
Right. And how would you characterize the 4-dimensional extension, in terms of the first three?

Or do you simply draw the line at two dimensions, figuring that's as much as anyone will ever need?

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Re:Calculize: A Mathematical Scripting Language by JadeNB on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @04:29PM (#2918244)
What are the two dimensions of which you speak here? The 'row' and 'column' dimensions of a matrix? If so, that's exactly what tensors do: A matrix is a 2-tensor (better, a (1, 1)-tensor, but let's not get into that). If you want an m-dimensional generalisation, just use an m-tensor.
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