Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23812 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2008 18:47:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Apr 2008 18:47:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 6136 invoked by uid 500); 14 Apr 2008 18:47:21 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 6056 invoked by uid 500); 14 Apr 2008 18:47:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 19501 invoked by uid 99); 14 Apr 2008 16:25:40 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of sgoeschl@gmx.at designates 213.165.64.20 as permitted sender) X-Authenticated: #35915548 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19KTcM3k+dKSXhGrJ+uFYv9QGFgBIn07EYqX2pmzL Ua9uz0we8/lmfi Message-ID: <48038560.4050502@gmx.at> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:25:04 +0200 From: Siegfried Goeschl Reply-To: sgoeschl@gmx.at User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [all][nabla] proposition for a new project in sandbox References: <48025D90.40407@free.fr> <8a81b4af0804131357m57470968q9e8e99bbaaca20d8@mail.gmail.com> <510143ac0804140227o2057fcf2m3fea37afd8835108@mail.gmail.com> <48A2B610-3982-46F7-BFB5-CDD961380F12@activemath.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Are you talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMBLA* .... :-O* James Carman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > >> Le 14 avr. 08 � 12:52, James Carman a �crit : >> >> >> >>>> Also, the name "nabla" would suggest that the component is designed >>>> for calculating derivatives of vector functions. >>>> >>>> >>> The name "nabla" is also very close to "nambla" and I doubt the ASF >>> wants to be associated with that organization. >>> >>> >> Nabla is also valid in several western languages as being the symbol used >> for gradients and connections, a fundamental of any differential geometry >> course. >> >> > > I'm not saying that "nabla" isn't a perfectly valid name based on its > relation to the problem at hand (I was a math major and I vaguely > remember using that term in class). I'm just pointing out the > unfortunate coincidence that it resembles the name of an organization. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org