Re: Wikipedia

[Tim Daly]

I think it would be worthwhile to consider using youtube to document various

algorithms in computer algebra. This was an idea I pursued for a bit as I

spent time adding URLs of research papers into the source code for various

algorithms. I never got around to the youtube searches.

However, a useful example is primality testing using Fermat and Miller-Rabin tests:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBzaMfV94uA

Indeed, I don't think Axiom implements the AKS primality test.

A simple URL link to a video would help "document" the algorithms.

This would be especially useful if videos explained the Risch algorithm

and various implementation algorithms.

Perhaps existing links could, at minimum, be added to the Wikipedia page

rather than modifying the source code with URLs as I did.

TIm

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM Camm Maguire <ca...@maguirefamily.org> wrote:

Thanks so much Tim!  Your vast knowledge on all this is such a
treasure.

Several of the references, which I assume you had put together, used the
'journal' template which was leading to a Wikipedia error due to some
missing element.  Wikipedia suggested using a simpler template like
'book' to get around this, which I did to clear the visual errors on the
page.  You may have the missing bibliographic items at hand and prefer
'journal' if it is more accurate.

Take care,

Tim Daly <axio...@gmail.com> writes:

> I added a reference to a book that explains Barry Trager's PhD thesis on Integration. --Tim
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Integration-Finite-Terms-Fundamental-Computation/dp/3030987663
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM Camm Maguire <ca...@maguirefamily.org> wrote:
>
>  Greetings!  I made some edits to the Wikipedia page to account for the
>  missing axiom-developer.org.  Proof readers and comments most welcome!
>
>  Take care,
>  --
>  Camm Maguire                                        ca...@maguirefamily.org
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>  "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah
>

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Camm Maguire                                        ca...@maguirefamily.org
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[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

What a splendid video. I wonder how rare are the combinations of such
talents -- mathematicians who thoroughly understand their subject, and
can explain it with such clarity.

Given the information overload of modern society, and given the extent
to which young people have abandoned textbook reading/study in favor
internet surfing, I wonder if we can retreat a little from the video. as
reading after all is faster. I fantasize about a presentation of an
algorithm in no more than 10 steps in plain English, with links
expanding, explaining and documenting each step (recursively) that may
appear mysterious. It would seem that the most valuable facility will
zero in on just the holes in the reader's knowledge with a few clicks.