Maxima

Take a look at this.

Does anyone think/know if Maxima was named after this?

 

http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ :undecided:

 

 

Edited January 5, 2006 by loga (xn) = n loga x

No, it was said in an interview :

 

Is Bocuma perhaps named after Bochum Welt? It sounds very 'Bochummy' :)

"Sorry, I'm afraid not... It's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture."

 

Taken from Fredd-E's awsome BoC Resource:

 

http://fredd-e.narfum.org/boc/interviews/

  Joyrex said:

No, it was said in an interview :

 

Is Bocuma perhaps named after Bochum Welt? It sounds very 'Bochummy' :)

"Sorry, I'm afraid not... It's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture."

 

Taken from Fredd-E's awsome BoC Resource:

 

http://fredd-e.narfum.org/boc/interviews/

There's an easier answer to this question:

 

Singluar: Minimum

Plural: Minema

 

Singular: Maximum

Plural: Maxima

 

Still a likely reference to mathematics, though.

  Skytree said:

Plural: Maxima

 

Still a likely reference to mathematics, though.

 

 

Alot of the time it is with them. Mathmatics seem to be an obsession for them.

  Skinko said:

Alot of the time it is with them. Mathmatics seem to be an obsession for them.

I used to be disturbingly into numbers as well...then I took my last college math class and stopped scribbling equations on napkins at restaurants. Yet another example of academia stifling genuine learning...

 

Should pick up my calc book again.