On 13/04/08 12:05 -0400, Ben Abbott wrote: >> ----- Forwarded message from Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- >> >> From: Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:41:05 +1100 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#471273: Section 14.1.4: Rational >> Approximations >> Organization: The Debian Project >> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Hello Octave Maintainers, >> >> I've noticed that in the octave documentation section 14.1.4 >> documented >> a pair of functions used to generate rational approximations. >> >> Section 14 concerns Input and Output and Sect 14.1 is for Basic Input >> and Output, so it looked to me that Sect 14.1.4 had got misplaced >> somehow. >> >> After raising the matter with the Debian octave maintainers, we >> figured >> the Rational Approximations were probably in that Section because they >> can be used as an option to the format() function, Sec 14.1.1. >> >> I'm bringing the question to you then, to confirm if you really do >> want >> to confine these functions to output only, or whether they have any >> other broader uses that might warrant placing them in some other >> section >> (e.g. Number Theory) ? >> >> Regards, >> Drew Parsons > > I can't find anything that resembles what is described in the current > manual. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/
That version is outdated, especially http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/index.html#Top refers to 2.9.12+. > Specifically what is the pair of functions? ... are they among expm, > logm, sqrtm, kron, and syl? > > If so, it appears the problem has been resolved. > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Functions-of-a-Matrix.html > > If not, please let the list know what the names of the pair of functions > would be. The issue is that section 14, "Input and Output" has a sub-chapter "14.1.4 Rational Approximations" which doesn't look like it fits there. I've copied a pdf version from 3.0.0 to http://tw-math.de/~weber/octave-a4.pdf The relevant page it 158. The relevant source file is doc/interpreter/io.txt. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
