is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. Its language "is mostly compatible with Matlab." Additional compatibility functions are available at Octave-Forge.Resources edit
- tcl-octave
- socket implementation of a Tcl-Octave connection
- tk_octave, by Joao Cardoso
- links Tcl/Tk with Octave. The last release mentioned on that page was tk_octave-0.3.4.tar.gz. If anyone knows where to find that file, please update this page. One copy of an unknown version of the source code is here.
- tk_octave, by Paul Kienzle
- Octaviz
- a 3D visualization system for octave, built on VTK.
- Data Visualization in Octave using Tk widgets, Paul Kienzle, Przemek Klosowski
- octcl
- See Octcl: Using Octave as a compute engine, Paul Kienzle:
Discussion edit
Also, octaves are 8-dimensional numbers, just as complex numbers are 2-dimensional and quaternions 4-dimensional, and more dimensions seem not to make any sense anymore, in number theory.AM: I think you will find that octonions are 8-dimensional numbers, they are also called biquaternions.Their properties or better the lack of familiar properties is rather curious:- Complex numbers can not be ordered: "i < 1" makes no sense
- Quaternions do not commute when multiplied: a * b != b * a
- Octonions do not have the associative property: a * (b * c) != (a * b) * c
AMG: Terrific quote about octonions:The real numbers are the dependable breadwinner of the family, the complete ordered field we all rely on. The complex numbers are a slightly flashier but still respectable younger brother: not ordered, but algebraically complete. The quaternions, being noncommutative, are the eccentric cousin who is shunned at important family gatherings. But the octonions are the crazy old uncle nobody lets out of the attic: they are nonassociative. — John C. BaezAMG: again, with a question for AM or whomever else: When you say "out-product", do you mean "outer product", a.k.a. "cross product"? Or am I confusing my terms?Lars H: Your interpretation seems correct, AMG, but I'm not so sure about whether AM's claim is...The thing that is special about the octonions is that nonzero elements have multiplicative inverses, but I can't see a reason why that would be important for making the vector component of multiplication an "outer product"; the scalar (real) component is needed for inverses to exist.Moreover, the outer product on 3-space is simply a Lie algebra [2] bracket, and Lie algebra structures exist on vector spaces of arbitrarily large dimension. More precisely, the Lie algebra so(3) (the space of infinitesimal rotations of 3-space) has the cross product of 3-vectors as bracket, and in general so(n) is a Lie algebra with n*(n-1)/2 dimensions.AMG: I won't even pretend that I understand any of that. :^) Maybe someday, though, maybe with the help of the URL you give. Thanks!AMG, years later: Is a multiplicative inverse like a reciprocal? x * mult_inv(x) = 1. What's the interpretation of "1" in a number system with more than one dimension? Does that mean the sum of the squares of the real components is 1?
slebetman: Actually, an octave is one "order of magnitude" for base 8 numbers (octals) just like decade is one order of magnitude for base 10 numbers. For example, the octal number 021 is two octaves above zero.AMG: How about musical octaves? Halving or doubling a note's pitch produces another note that is an octave interval from the first. In Western music at least, the octave is divided into twelve semitones, of which seven are used in any given major or minor key scale. Therefore, if a "root" note is called 1, its octave would be 8.
