Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-08-08 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 24/07/2012 11:51, Anxionnat Julien a écrit : > > >>> [...] >>> I have to deal with functions like that: >>> >>> public double[] value (double t) { ... } >>> >>> (The best interface for my subjects would be: public Vector3D value >> (double t) { ... }, but it's not the point now.) >>> >>> >

RE: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-24 Thread Anxionnat Julien
> > [...] > > I have to deal with functions like that: > > > > public double[] value (double t) { ... } > > > > (The best interface for my subjects would be: public Vector3D value > (double t) { ... }, but it's not the point now.) > > > > > >> > >> [...] > >> > > > > I'm sorry, I don't unders

Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-24 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 23/07/2012 17:03, Anxionnat Julien a écrit : > Hi Luc, > Hi all, > >> [...] >> Last week, at work, someone asked me again about differentiation and I >> directed him to this issue and also to the Nabla project. He told me he >> was interested in having some support in [math] for this (I'm not s

RE: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-23 Thread Anxionnat Julien
Hi Luc, Hi all, > [...] > Last week, at work, someone asked me again about differentiation and I > directed him to this issue and also to the Nabla project. He told me he > was interested in having some support in [math] for this (I'm not sure > he reads this list, but if he does, I hope he will j

Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-23 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > [...] > > > > > Maybe yet another name: I don't understand "DifferentialPair" either. > > It simply depicts the content of this small container: two fields, f0 > for the value, f1 for the first derivative. That much I figured out. :-) What I meant is that the name "DifferentialPair" does

Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-23 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 22/07/2012 22:48, Gilles Sadowski a écrit : > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:44:07PM -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: >> On 7/22/12 9:35 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> A few months ago, Gilles proposed to add an implementation of the >>> Ridder's algorithm for differentiation (see >>>

Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-22 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:44:07PM -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 7/22/12 9:35 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A few months ago, Gilles proposed to add an implementation of the > > Ridder's algorithm for differentiation (see > > ). After

Re: [math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-22 Thread Phil Steitz
On 7/22/12 9:35 AM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: > Hi all, > > A few months ago, Gilles proposed to add an implementation of the > Ridder's algorithm for differentiation (see > ). After some discussion > the issue was postponed, waiting for an API for this fa

[math] API proposal for differentiation

2012-07-22 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Hi all, A few months ago, Gilles proposed to add an implementation of the Ridder's algorithm for differentiation (see ). After some discussion the issue was postponed, waiting for an API for this family of algorithms. Last week, at work, someone ask