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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dcoetzee (talk | contribs) at 16:26, 2 May 2004 (Matrix or array?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The thing that's missing here is an explanation of why anyone would care about a Monge array. Dominus 10:27 20 May 2003 (UTC)

I don't have the proof with me, but it has to do with keeping search and sort algorithms, like divide and conquer, within O(nlogn) time. Poor Yorick

Matrix or array?

The definition in the article seems to be an abstract definition of a class of matrices, rather than a class of arrays - arrays are only part of the term used and one possible way of storing the matrix. In particular, it's rather difficult to construct arrays of arbitrary real numbers, such as the definition describes, in finite memory. In fact, I think the term is confusing enough that it may be helpful to actually point out some of this in the article itself. What does the author think?

Derrick Coetzee 16:26, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]