It's from my preface. The former is mine, latter is from (US) style editor.They both sound like they were translated from a marketing blurb written in some other language. If I had to choose I’d go with the former.
"So" on its own is evil.
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"So" on its own is evil.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap.
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The two sentences have slightly different meanings. The first is clear, in the second the “so” could be interpreted as “therefore.”
Make it “so that,” everyone happy.
Make it “so that,” everyone happy.
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the material can be applied to a range of existing and new application areas.
The material can be applied to existing application areas. Fine.
But what are the "new" application areas?
I mean what is left that is not in the "existing application areas" set that is the "not existing application areas" set and how would you know the material in your book could be applied to it (while it doesn't exist?) ?
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That’s closer to my initial reaction, aside from the redundancy inherent in something (whatever it may be) being “applied” to “application areas”. Perhaps a more active voice is called for: “In this book I teach you how to apply object oriented PDE methods to solve all problems, whether you have them or not! Resistance is futile.”the material can be applied to a range of existing and new application areas.
The material can be applied to existing application areas. Fine.
But what are the "new" application areas?
I mean what is left that is not in the "existing application areas" set that is the "not existing application areas" set and how would you know the material in your book could be applied to it (while it doesn't exist?) ?
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Indeed.The two sentences have slightly different meanings. The first is clear, in the second the “so” could be interpreted as “therefore.”
Make it “so that,” everyone happy.
It is certainly not meant to be a "therefore" kind of thing.
Maybe it;s good to do with spoken language vs written language.
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I was thinking of writing that.That’s closer to my initial reaction, aside from the redundancy inherent in something (whatever it may be) being “applied” to “application areas”. Perhaps a more active voice is called for: “In this book I teach you how to apply object oriented PDE methods to solve all problems, whether you have them or not! Resistance is futile.”the material can be applied to a range of existing and new application areas.
The material can be applied to existing application areas. Fine.
But what are the "new" application areas?
I mean what is left that is not in the "existing application areas" set that is the "not existing application areas" set and how would you know the material in your book could be applied to it (while it doesn't exist?) ?
BTW OOP for PDE is neither necessary nor sufficient; The best language is Fortran or C.
And I never use "I" with one exception.
. (Much much of the literature uses the indices i and j, which I personally find confusing.).
Regarding i and j, I've been told that this practice dates back to FORTRAN. In that language, all variables that began with the letters i, j, k, l, m, and n were integers, so FORTRAN code had a tradition of using i through n as integer loop counters, array indices, etc.
I meant to write “…confusing because it does not draw a real distinction between space and time variables. In short, we use i, j and k for space indices and n for the time index. Several books on finance use j for the time index which we do not adhere because it does not scale well to multi-dimensional problems and the resulting algorithms become difficult to read.”
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In which Sapir-Whorf world do copy editors live? It's a kind of scientific question.editor to self: "omit needless words" => 'so'
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I agree that n (or, heaven forbid, t) works best for time and i, j, k for space. Unless you have something complex going on, in which case i is reserved (unless you’re dealing with EE people, then it’s j…).I was thinking of writing that.That’s closer to my initial reaction, aside from the redundancy inherent in something (whatever it may be) being “applied” to “application areas”. Perhaps a more active voice is called for: “In this book I teach you how to apply object oriented PDE methods to solve all problems, whether you have them or not! Resistance is futile.”
The material can be applied to existing application areas. Fine.
But what are the "new" application areas?
I mean what is left that is not in the "existing application areas" set that is the "not existing application areas" set and how would you know the material in your book could be applied to it (while it doesn't exist?) ?
BTW OOP for PDE is neither necessary nor sufficient; The best language is Fortran or C.
And I never use "I" with one exception.
. (Much much of the literature uses the indices i and j, which I personally find confusing.).
Regarding i and j, I've been told that this practice dates back to FORTRAN. In that language, all variables that began with the letters i, j, k, l, m, and n were integers, so FORTRAN code had a tradition of using i through n as integer loop counters, array indices, etc.
I meant to write “…confusing because it does not draw a real distinction between space and time variables. In short, we use i, j and k for space indices and n for the time index. Several books on finance use j for the time index which we do not adhere because it does not scale well to multi-dimensional problems and the resulting algorithms become difficult to read.”
And if you have more than three spatial dimensions, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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John Hull uses i for time and j for space. And treats PDE as if they were terminal problems ugh
And lattice stuff also i, j.
And if you have more than three spatial dimensions, you’re probably doing something wrong.
Multi-array/tensors.
And lattice stuff also i, j.
And if you have more than three spatial dimensions, you’re probably doing something wrong.
Multi-array/tensors.
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“The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.”the material can be applied to a range of existing and new application areas.
The material can be applied to existing application areas. Fine.
But what are the "new" application areas?
I mean what is left that is not in the "existing application areas" set that is the "not existing application areas" set and how would you know the material in your book could be applied to it (while it doesn't exist?) ?
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap.
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Comic:
Sign in park: "Clean up after your dog". Man talking to his dog: "The way I read it, after you clean up, then I'll clean up".
Shortest unambiguous sign?
Sign in park: "Clean up after your dog". Man talking to his dog: "The way I read it, after you clean up, then I'll clean up".
Shortest unambiguous sign?
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In this article we give a high-level overview of some technical developments in computational finance in the period 1990—2020
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In this article, we give a high-level overview of some technical developments in computational finance in the period 1990—2020
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In this article, we give a high-level overview of some technical developments in computational finance in the period 1990—2020
which one???
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