Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-22 Thread Fredrik Johansson
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Buck Evan wrote: > Fredrik: > Thank you for your thoughtful reply! > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:48 PM Fredrik Johansson > wrote: >> >> Arb (which is now in Sage) permits computing incomplete gamma >> functions with rigorous error bounds over arbitrary-precision

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Ralf Stephan
On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 7:46:43 AM UTC+1, Ralf Stephan wrote: > > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 5:48:40 PM UTC+1, Buck Evan wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 22:11 Nils Bruin wrote: >>> http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/16697at ticket. >>> >> Typo: This proposal *closes* (w

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Ralf Stephan
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 7:13:57 PM UTC+1, Nils Bruin wrote: > > If I'm not mistaken, the "n" in ginac indicates it does *not* concern > itself with rewriting questions such as the one you're asking about (you > may well find that to do the rewrites properly, you need groebner bases or >

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Ralf Stephan
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 5:48:40 PM UTC+1, Buck Evan wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 22:11 Nils Bruin wrote: >> >>> >>> http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/16697at ticket. >>> >> > Typo: This proposal *closes* (would close) that ticket. > That ticket can only be closed whenever the SymPy ve

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Buck Evan
Fredrik: Thank you for your thoughtful reply! On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:48 PM Fredrik Johansson < fredrik.johans...@gmail.com> wrote: > Arb (which is now in Sage) permits computing incomplete gamma > functions with rigorous error bounds over arbitrary-precision > real/complex (interval) fields.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Fredrik Johansson
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:01 PM, William Stein wrote: > Hi Buck, > > I asked Mike Rubinstein, who has implemented the incomplete Gamma > function in various situations (e.g., I think he did the first ever > open source implementation that was general enough for me to use for > my research), writte

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread William Stein
Hi Buck, I asked Mike Rubinstein, who has implemented the incomplete Gamma function in various situations (e.g., I think he did the first ever open source implementation that was general enough for me to use for my research), written papers mentioning issues, etc., what he thinks, and here's his r

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Nils Bruin
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 12:18:18 AM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: > > > In terms of numerics though, it would be beneficial to get sage to > simplify to the regularized function before computation. I can't see how > this can happen under the above scheme. > You could consider the incomplete g

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Buck Evan
On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 12:18:18 AM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 22:11 Nils Bruin > > wrote: > >> On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:25:59 PM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: >>> >>> I've written up a proposal in this google document, and set it to be >>> globally read

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-21 Thread Buck Evan
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 22:11 Nils Bruin wrote: > On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:25:59 PM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: >> >> I've written up a proposal in this google document, and set it to be >> globally readable, commentable. >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zEzIz0TCgC1aEKCQmHQkI5EVL

Re: [sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-20 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Nils Bruin wrote: > On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:25:59 PM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: >> >> I've written up a proposal in this google document, and set it to be >> globally readable, commentable. >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zEzIz0TCgC1aEKCQmHQk

[sage-devel] Re: gamma function enhancement proposal

2016-01-20 Thread Nils Bruin
On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:25:59 PM UTC-8, Buck Evan wrote: > > I've written up a proposal in this google document, and set it to be > globally readable, commentable. > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zEzIz0TCgC1aEKCQmHQkI5EVLlRnwsvrZOnAAClUcdM/edit# > > > I have the next couple o