TITLE:
A Note on a Recent Paper by J. S. Respondek
AUTHORS:
Moawwad E. A. El-Mikkawy
KEYWORDS:
Elementary Symmetric Function; Algorithm; Maple; Symbolic Programming
JOURNAL NAME:
Applied Mathematics,
Vol.3 No.6,
June
21,
2012
ABSTRACT: In this note, we give comments on a very recent paper by J. S. Respondek [1]. In [1], the author claims that an algorithm in [2] contains a severe error. We show that the algorithm in [2] can be implemented properly without causing any errors by using vectors (one-dimensional arrays) rather than using 2-dimensional arrays. To enable users and programmers of the algorithm to carry out the computations using all existing subscripts and superscripts in the algorithm, we give a correction in the first line of the algorithm. A Maple implementation for the algorithm, as it is in [2], is given as an example for symbolic programming.