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