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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 2667d5c: Add new functions for the root mean sq


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 2667d5c: Add new functions for the root mean square of a (Calc) vector
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:21:40 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

-*- mode: nit-pick -*-

> +Another commonly used mean, the RMS (root-mean-square), can be computed
> +for a vector of numbers by using the @kbd{u R}

I must admit that I don't use Calc very often, and read its manual even
less often, so clearly I'm taking this out of context, but in any case:

To me a "vector" has a rather specific meaning, and taking the root mean
square of a vector doesn't make much sense.  Instead, I like to take the
rms of a *set* of numbers (which may be provided by packaging them in
a vector, of course).


        Stefan



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