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Author Topic:   Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.
Stile
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Message 7 of 33 (719998)
02-19-2014 3:02 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Son Goku
02-19-2014 11:42 AM


A peanut gallery, perhaps?
What sort of system would you be trying to implement?
One more of a textbook style where questions/comments are made in another thread?
Or one more of an open style where questions/comments are made directly to your posts?
(I just foresee a whack of questions... from me!!!)
Or a comment like this:
The only mathematics involved will be matrices and vectors.
If there are any programmers who don't know these math terms... there are some simple programming analogies:
A matrix is a 2 dimensional array.
A vector is a specific type of matrix... a 1 dimensional array.
A scalar is a single value (like a regular DINT or REAL, or something).
A matrix (generally) is made up of a bunch of vectors.
A vector (generally) is made up of a bunch of scalars.
The terms, however, are designed for geometry and geometric relationships.
Because of this, the positions of the arrays are generally specific for a single identification.
That is, a "force" vector could be defined as a single array with the first value representing the magnitude and the second value representing the direction. If so... then the first value would always be representing magnitudes and the second value would always be representing directions, especially when comparing this vector to any other "force" vector.
The values in arrays used in the context of vectors and matrices would never be used in any sort of data shifting (like a FIFO or FILO where the values are moved from one end of the array to the other...) the information in the specific, defined locations is key.
Edited by Stile, : Scalar? I damned near killed 'er!!

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