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Sameer
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Computer Programs and Problem Solving
« on: Aug 8th, 2007, 9:21am » |
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Actually its a deceiving title name!! This is more like a survey/poll. I observe that lot of people use programs to simulate or verify their answers to a given problem in this forum or even get a jump start to a difficult problem. I am interested in knowing which mathematical programs do you use to perform this simulation. Also if you write program in C/C++ or any other language to do it please mention that too. Also please mention your preference over another and why.
I have used Matlab in past but I don't have access to it anymore. I normally use C or Perl.
Thanks!!!
Also if you want to discuss the role of computer programs as a means of mathematical proofs, please do so!! 
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towr
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Re: Computer Programs and Problem Solving
« Reply #1 on: Aug 8th, 2007, 10:11am » |
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I usually use javascript for simple tasks. It is convenient because I can run it in the browser, which I'm already using anyway.
For more difficult problems I resort to C++ or Prolog, but that means I have to log in on the university server. (Or alternatively, I'd have to install the compiler/interpreter first). Main advantages here is that they're faster and more powerful in handling larger problems. C++ is of course the fastest of the two, but Prolog often allows solving the problem with less code.
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Re: Computer Programs and Problem Solving
« Reply #2 on: Aug 8th, 2007, 10:26am » |
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I generally use C++, because it's the language I'm most comfortable with (despite being employed to write primarily Java and Javascript), and so the one I write fastest in. From working through the problems over at Sir Col's Project Euler website, I now have a bit of a discrete math toolkit at my disposal. Now if only I could learn to actually write code that does what I think it does (unlike this recent mess, for example), I'd really have something. 
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