On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:45:12 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

The beauty of a Smith Chart derives from the underlying Mathematics.
Mathematics is pure intellectual beauty.

In this case the underlying functions and their inverses are the
Complex Hyperbolic Functions like Sinh, Cosh and Tanh ...

Now, complex hyperbolic functions are 3 dimensional things. They have
two linear dimensions and angles. They cannot be represented on a flat
paper chart. They need a whole stack of charts.

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 18:30:54 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

as somebody who has never thorougly
learned how to use a Smith Chart, it has never been worth the trouble,
I would like to say that the underlying, common sense, logical
mathematics are much easier to understand.

Hmm,

Same topic, same math, same correspondent, same language (apparently),
two different and diverging points of view (the last couched in double
negatives) -and- consistent(ly amusing).

I am at a loss to read these statements as Art criticism, Pedagogy,
Historical Romance, or what?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC