I assume because it all does tie back to math terms. There is a lot of computer science in which arrays/lists are used for vector arithmetic (graphics, ML, generic math). I suspect only later in the field did arrays mutate into generic lists that you see in R and Python.
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callyral@pawb.social · 16 pts · 1y
Life when "a vector is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors"
Oh, I think I got some definitions mixed up...
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 1y
Life when a vector is a breakfast cereal
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y
Life when vector is
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Mac@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Life when vector is
MadBob@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y
A computer-generated image as a representation of a mathematical formula rather than a collection of pixels.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
It's only an image if you look at it.
bbuez@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Oops, all pseudovectors
witty_username@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 1y
lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 1y
Probably because it's what they're called in C++.
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I assume because it all does tie back to math terms. There is a lot of computer science in which arrays/lists are used for vector arithmetic (graphics, ML, generic math). I suspect only later in the field did arrays mutate into generic lists that you see in R and Python.
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Life when "a Vector is Victor & his dog, Yondo"
sga@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
life when space is Ω and boundary is dΩ (or S, ds) or all space is abstraction of a hilbert space of dimension n
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Squid gun! Oh, yeah!
Heavybell@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Life when a Vector is a cool crocodile wearing headphones.
Speiser0@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
Life when "a vector is just the values in a register where you can do an operation on all of the values at once".
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
life when vectors dont work as expected near light speed
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Give me a vector victor
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
After the clearance, Clarence.