On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 04:02, Nicolas Neuss wrote:
> In fact, I'm thinking about using Maxima's polynomial manipulation for
> computing finite element shape functions and quadrature rules in my toolbox
> "Femlisp" [1]. I would like this to be an optional choice, mainly because
>
> 1. the overhead of Maxima is not really negligible,
> 2. portability.
>
> (On the other hand, Maxima will probably become necessary in Femlisp for
> very-high-order finite elements because of multiprecision, special
> polynomials, and other goodies.)
I hope you will not encounter any special difficulties loading Maxima as
an additional module. If you do, please speak up so that we can try to
smooth the rough edges.
--Jim