Format.M: A Usage Manual. Towards an Efficient Symbolic-Numeric Environment:Extending Mathematica's Format Rules

摘要

A package which extends Mathematica's built-in formatting rules is presented.Examples of shortcomings of the standard rules where code generated may not be syntactically correct and of appropriate precision are given. These shortcomings and the formatting rules to include as data objects and assignments to expressions are addressed. It is shown that the package may be used to enhance and automate code generation. The result is a symbiosis of symbolic/numeric environments built upon the existing Splice communication process. Some examples from applied numerical mathematics, where the package has been used to establish a generalized formulation to a problem via the use of a template file, are included.