Re: Should facts() show duplicate facts?

Henry,

The Maxima wiki has a "projects
<https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/wiki/Proposed%20work%20areas/>" page for
documenting and discussing ideas like this. Maybe you could add an entry?

Of course, that doesn't guarantee that anyone will actually work on it....

         -s


On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM Henry Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Re CAD, double exponentials, etc.:
>
>
> If I were to work on a PhD in *symbolic* algebra today, I'd work on
> utilizing the massive capabilities of modern computers -- particularly
> GPU's -- to evaluate various expressions *numerically* at huge numbers of
> points in order to gain insight into the symbolic characteristics of those
> expressions.
>
>
> E.g., when given a high order polynomial over the complex numbers, we
> simply evaluate it at millions of points, which will enable us to rather
> quickly focus in on where the zeros are.
>
>
> Consider the analogy with archeology.  Instead of digging by hand in tens
> of places, why not hire an airplane with ground-penetrating radar to map
> out millions of square miles of territory?
>
>
> Even better, we can use DFT-like algorithms to quickly evaluate such
> expressions on entire *circles* of points in the complex plane.
>
>
> Perhaps someone has already started down this path ?
>

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