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Re: a plea for more reliable mathematical routines

Subject: Re: a plea for more reliable mathematical routines
From: Craig Markwardt <craigmnet(at)cow.physics.wisc.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 1999 11:55:37 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Organization: U. Wisc. Madison Physics -- Compact Objects
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George White <gwhite@bodnext.bio.dfo.ca> writes:

> I don't know the current state of IMSL or NAG.  A few years ago, the
> Slatec libraries (available on Netlib, and provided by some vendors,
> e.g., SGI at no cost).

What about Cephes?  It appears to be freely available
(www.netlib.org/cephes) and high quality.  Lots of special functions
and probability-related routines.  I've translated some of those
routines to IDL.

Craig

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References:
- ODEPACK
  - From: ushomirs
- a plea for more reliable mathematical routines
  - From: Richard G. French
- Re: a plea for more reliable mathematical routines
  - From: Theo Brauers
- Re: a plea for more reliable mathematical routines
  - From: George White

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