In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Raymond L. Buvel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wrote: > <snip> > > > > SciPy indeed appear to contain a solver, but I'm currently stuck in > > trying to _get_ it for my platform (OSX). I'm definitely not going to > > install a Fortran compiler just to evaluate it (even though my name is > > not "Ilias" ;-). Also, SciPy is _huge_, so maybe a Python translation of > > that Fortran code or your Perl code will turn out to be more attractive > > after all... > > > > Just > > The GNU Scientific Library has a nice root finder for polynomials with > real coefficients. I have wrapped this with Pyrex to work with my > ratfun module see: > > http://calcrpnpy.sourceforge.net/ratfun.html > > If this will suit your needs, I can send you an alpha release of the > package with the root finder. It is not pure Python. I requires Pyrex > and a C compiler to install. My guess is that it will work on OSX as > well as it does on Linux. This functionality will be included in the > next release of the ratfun package but I still have to unit test a > number of components and update the documentation. Consequently, an > official release will not happen soon. Thank you, I'll check this out. I had come across GSL, but not Python bindings. (GPL is probably a problem for my project, but it's very good to know anyway.) On the other hand, I just finished translating the relevant portions of Math::Polynomial::Solve to Python, so I'm probably all set, at least for now. Thanks everyone for the responses, especially to John Gamble! Just -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
