Re: JAVA MathSET API
Jeff Higgins wrote:
Martin Gregorie wrote:
Kai wrote:
Hello all,
I want to implement a mathematical set of strings using the JAVA API
MathSET.
Is there anything you can suggest for this implementation.
'java.util.Set'.
What do you mean by 'a mathematical set of strings' - a set of strings
containing mathematical expressions that can be evaluated once values
have been supplied for all variables?
If so, I think something like Coco/R or Yacc/M may come in quite useful...
I think he means a Set implementation with
union,
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Set.html#addAll(java.util.Collection)
intersection,
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Set.html#removeAll(java.util.Collection)
complement,
Set<Foo> universal = new HashSet<>();
....
Set<Foo> example = ...
Set<Foo> complement = universal.removeAll(example);
product, etc. It's somewhat surprising how many
Produce a Set<Foo, Foo> from two sets via an algorithm of your own devise.
x.x.x.MathSet implementations turn up on Goo'gle.
So, basically, there's nothing to do except implement a "universal" set and a
'product(Set<Foo> x,y -> Set<Foo,Foo>)' (loose syntax here).
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