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33 Tag Table:
34 (Indirect)
35 Node: Top\7f924
36 Node: Introduction\7f3617
37 Node: Routines available in GSL\7f4269
38 Node: GSL is Free Software\7f6184
39 Node: Obtaining GSL\7f8576
40 Node: No Warranty\7f9717
41 Node: Reporting Bugs\7f10223
42 Node: Further Information\7f11107
43 Node: Conventions used in this manual\7f12120
44 Node: Using the library\7f12884
45 Node: An Example Program\7f13470
46 Ref: An Example Program-Footnote-1\7f14213
47 Node: Compiling and Linking\7f14320
48 Node: Linking programs with the library\7f15390
49 Node: Linking with an alternative BLAS library\7f16535
50 Node: Shared Libraries\7f17465
51 Node: ANSI C Compliance\7f18881
52 Node: Inline functions\7f19974
53 Node: Long double\7f21017
54 Node: Portability functions\7f22605
55 Node: Alternative optimized functions\7f24002
56 Node: Support for different numeric types\7f25460
57 Node: Compatibility with C++\7f28523
58 Node: Aliasing of arrays\7f29095
59 Node: Thread-safety\7f29846
60 Node: Deprecated Functions\7f30933
61 Node: Code Reuse\7f31558
62 Node: Error Handling\7f32202
63 Node: Error Reporting\7f32952
64 Node: Error Codes\7f34844
65 Node: Error Handlers\7f36700
66 Node: Using GSL error reporting in your own functions\7f40337
67 Node: Error Reporting Examples\7f42295
68 Node: Mathematical Functions\7f43507
69 Node: Mathematical Constants\7f44268
70 Node: Infinities and Not-a-number\7f45398
71 Node: Elementary Functions\7f46466
72 Node: Small integer powers\7f48913
73 Node: Testing the Sign of Numbers\7f50497
74 Node: Testing for Odd and Even Numbers\7f50928
75 Node: Maximum and Minimum functions\7f51484
76 Node: Approximate Comparison of Floating Point Numbers\7f53566
77 Node: Complex Numbers\7f54925
78 Ref: Complex Numbers-Footnote-1\7f56233
79 Node: Complex numbers\7f56297
80 Node: Properties of complex numbers\7f58180
81 Node: Complex arithmetic operators\7f59167
82 Node: Elementary Complex Functions\7f61913
83 Node: Complex Trigonometric Functions\7f63733
84 Node: Inverse Complex Trigonometric Functions\7f64954
85 Node: Complex Hyperbolic Functions\7f67560
86 Node: Inverse Complex Hyperbolic Functions\7f68856
87 Node: Complex Number References and Further Reading\7f70844
88 Node: Polynomials\7f72240
89 Node: Polynomial Evaluation\7f73007
90 Node: Divided Difference Representation of Polynomials\7f74038
91 Node: Quadratic Equations\7f75787
92 Node: Cubic Equations\7f77727
93 Node: General Polynomial Equations\7f79309
94 Node: Roots of Polynomials Examples\7f81654
95 Node: Roots of Polynomials References and Further Reading\7f83043
96 Node: Special Functions\7f83988
97 Node: Special Function Usage\7f85982
98 Node: The gsl_sf_result struct\7f87165
99 Node: Special Function Modes\7f88429
100 Node: Airy Functions and Derivatives\7f89365
101 Node: Airy Functions\7f90061
102 Node: Derivatives of Airy Functions\7f91421
103 Node: Zeros of Airy Functions\7f92933
104 Node: Zeros of Derivatives of Airy Functions\7f93652
105 Node: Bessel Functions\7f94411
106 Node: Regular Cylindrical Bessel Functions\7f95603
107 Node: Irregular Cylindrical Bessel Functions\7f96927
108 Node: Regular Modified Cylindrical Bessel Functions\7f98383
109 Node: Irregular Modified Cylindrical Bessel Functions\7f101210
110 Node: Regular Spherical Bessel Functions\7f104178
111 Node: Irregular Spherical Bessel Functions\7f106390
112 Node: Regular Modified Spherical Bessel Functions\7f108077
113 Node: Irregular Modified Spherical Bessel Functions\7f110080
114 Node: Regular Bessel Function - Fractional Order\7f112143
115 Node: Irregular Bessel Functions - Fractional Order\7f113141
116 Node: Regular Modified Bessel Functions - Fractional Order\7f113723
117 Node: Irregular Modified Bessel Functions - Fractional Order\7f114648
118 Node: Zeros of Regular Bessel Functions\7f115884
119 Node: Clausen Functions\7f116987
120 Node: Coulomb Functions\7f117591
121 Node: Normalized Hydrogenic Bound States\7f118040
122 Node: Coulomb Wave Functions\7f119153
123 Node: Coulomb Wave Function Normalization Constant\7f122563
124 Node: Coupling Coefficients\7f123316
125 Node: 3-j Symbols\7f124039
126 Node: 6-j Symbols\7f124643
127 Node: 9-j Symbols\7f125267
128 Node: Dawson Function\7f125973
129 Node: Debye Functions\7f126540
130 Node: Dilogarithm\7f128314
131 Node: Real Argument\7f128609
132 Node: Complex Argument\7f129302
133 Node: Elementary Operations\7f129771
134 Node: Elliptic Integrals\7f130595
135 Node: Definition of Legendre Forms\7f131167
136 Node: Definition of Carlson Forms\7f131987
137 Node: Legendre Form of Complete Elliptic Integrals\7f132684
138 Node: Legendre Form of Incomplete Elliptic Integrals\7f134252
139 Node: Carlson Forms\7f136440
140 Node: Elliptic Functions (Jacobi)\7f137987
141 Node: Error Functions\7f138568
142 Node: Error Function\7f139019
143 Node: Complementary Error Function\7f139392
144 Node: Log Complementary Error Function\7f139852
145 Node: Probability functions\7f140304
146 Node: Exponential Functions\7f141557
147 Node: Exponential Function\7f141940
148 Node: Relative Exponential Functions\7f143163
149 Node: Exponentiation With Error Estimate\7f144834
150 Node: Exponential Integrals\7f146043
151 Node: Exponential Integral\7f146525
152 Node: Ei(x)\7f147452
153 Node: Hyperbolic Integrals\7f147900
154 Node: Ei_3(x)\7f148556
155 Node: Trigonometric Integrals\7f148948
156 Node: Arctangent Integral\7f149547
157 Node: Fermi-Dirac Function\7f149947
158 Node: Complete Fermi-Dirac Integrals\7f150317
159 Node: Incomplete Fermi-Dirac Integrals\7f152885
160 Node: Gamma and Beta Functions\7f153528
161 Node: Gamma Functions\7f153964
162 Node: Factorials\7f157085
163 Node: Pochhammer Symbol\7f159638
164 Node: Incomplete Gamma Functions\7f161150
165 Node: Beta Functions\7f162399
166 Node: Incomplete Beta Function\7f163151
167 Node: Gegenbauer Functions\7f163862
168 Node: Hypergeometric Functions\7f165512
169 Node: Laguerre Functions\7f169792
170 Node: Lambert W Functions\7f171355
171 Node: Legendre Functions and Spherical Harmonics\7f172393
172 Node: Legendre Polynomials\7f172982
173 Node: Associated Legendre Polynomials and Spherical Harmonics\7f175062
174 Node: Conical Functions\7f177943
175 Node: Radial Functions for Hyperbolic Space\7f180066
176 Node: Logarithm and Related Functions\7f182243
177 Node: Mathieu Functions\7f183867
178 Node: Mathieu Function Workspace\7f185216
179 Node: Mathieu Function Characteristic Values\7f186029
180 Node: Angular Mathieu Functions\7f187097
181 Node: Radial Mathieu Functions\7f188129
182 Node: Power Function\7f189367
183 Node: Psi (Digamma) Function\7f190294
184 Node: Digamma Function\7f190814
185 Node: Trigamma Function\7f191644
186 Node: Polygamma Function\7f192221
187 Node: Synchrotron Functions\7f192605
188 Node: Transport Functions\7f193368
189 Node: Trigonometric Functions\7f194515
190 Node: Circular Trigonometric Functions\7f195138
191 Node: Trigonometric Functions for Complex Arguments\7f196147
192 Node: Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions\7f197181
193 Node: Conversion Functions\7f197784
194 Node: Restriction Functions\7f198567
195 Node: Trigonometric Functions With Error Estimates\7f199499
196 Node: Zeta Functions\7f200409
197 Node: Riemann Zeta Function\7f200867
198 Node: Riemann Zeta Function Minus One\7f201546
199 Node: Hurwitz Zeta Function\7f202317
200 Node: Eta Function\7f202822
201 Node: Special Functions Examples\7f203381
202 Node: Special Functions References and Further Reading\7f205075
203 Node: Vectors and Matrices\7f206182
204 Node: Data types\7f206941
205 Node: Blocks\7f208144
206 Node: Block allocation\7f209060
207 Node: Reading and writing blocks\7f210544
208 Node: Example programs for blocks\7f212608
209 Node: Vectors\7f213235
210 Node: Vector allocation\7f215121
211 Node: Accessing vector elements\7f216739
212 Node: Initializing vector elements\7f219222
213 Node: Reading and writing vectors\7f219916
214 Node: Vector views\7f222006
215 Node: Copying vectors\7f229448
216 Node: Exchanging elements\7f230308
217 Node: Vector operations\7f230866
218 Node: Finding maximum and minimum elements of vectors\7f232380
219 Node: Vector properties\7f233905
220 Node: Example programs for vectors\7f234519
221 Node: Matrices\7f236808
222 Node: Matrix allocation\7f239666
223 Node: Accessing matrix elements\7f241333
224 Node: Initializing matrix elements\7f243282
225 Node: Reading and writing matrices\7f244078
226 Node: Matrix views\7f246181
227 Node: Creating row and column views\7f253321
228 Node: Copying matrices\7f257792
229 Node: Copying rows and columns\7f258388
230 Node: Exchanging rows and columns\7f260065
231 Node: Matrix operations\7f261543
232 Node: Finding maximum and minimum elements of matrices\7f263183
233 Node: Matrix properties\7f265087
234 Node: Example programs for matrices\7f265826
235 Node: Vector and Matrix References and Further Reading\7f269897
236 Node: Permutations\7f270383
237 Node: The Permutation struct\7f271671
238 Node: Permutation allocation\7f272175
239 Node: Accessing permutation elements\7f273609
240 Node: Permutation properties\7f274452
241 Node: Permutation functions\7f275157
242 Node: Applying Permutations\7f276414
243 Node: Reading and writing permutations\7f278339
244 Ref: Reading and writing permutations-Footnote-1\7f280554
245 Node: Permutations in cyclic form\7f280666
246 Node: Permutation Examples\7f284091
247 Node: Permutation References and Further Reading\7f286634
248 Node: Combinations\7f287308
249 Node: The Combination struct\7f288153
250 Node: Combination allocation\7f288705
251 Node: Accessing combination elements\7f290490
252 Node: Combination properties\7f291149
253 Node: Combination functions\7f292035
254 Node: Reading and writing combinations\7f292975
255 Ref: Reading and writing combinations-Footnote-1\7f295209
256 Node: Combination Examples\7f295321
257 Node: Combination References and Further Reading\7f296629
258 Node: Sorting\7f297033
259 Node: Sorting objects\7f297983
260 Node: Sorting vectors\7f300894
261 Node: Selecting the k smallest or largest elements\7f303470
262 Node: Computing the rank\7f306804
263 Node: Sorting Examples\7f308005
264 Node: Sorting References and Further Reading\7f309649
265 Node: BLAS Support\7f310195
266 Node: GSL BLAS Interface\7f313170
267 Node: Level 1 GSL BLAS Interface\7f313657
268 Node: Level 2 GSL BLAS Interface\7f320400
269 Node: Level 3 GSL BLAS Interface\7f329694
270 Node: BLAS Examples\7f340830
271 Node: BLAS References and Further Reading\7f342251
272 Node: Linear Algebra\7f343610
273 Node: LU Decomposition\7f344735
274 Node: QR Decomposition\7f349943
275 Node: QR Decomposition with Column Pivoting\7f356148
276 Node: Singular Value Decomposition\7f360558
277 Node: Cholesky Decomposition\7f364148
278 Node: Tridiagonal Decomposition of Real Symmetric Matrices\7f366862
279 Node: Tridiagonal Decomposition of Hermitian Matrices\7f368710
280 Node: Hessenberg Decomposition of Real Matrices\7f370665
281 Node: Hessenberg-Triangular Decomposition of Real Matrices\7f373075
282 Node: Bidiagonalization\7f374195
283 Node: Householder Transformations\7f376618
284 Node: Householder solver for linear systems\7f378970
285 Node: Tridiagonal Systems\7f379875
286 Node: Balancing\7f382747
287 Node: Linear Algebra Examples\7f383548
288 Node: Linear Algebra References and Further Reading\7f385536
289 Node: Eigensystems\7f387026
290 Node: Real Symmetric Matrices\7f388240
291 Node: Complex Hermitian Matrices\7f390754
292 Node: Real Nonsymmetric Matrices\7f393262
293 Node: Real Generalized Symmetric-Definite Eigensystems\7f398465
294 Node: Complex Generalized Hermitian-Definite Eigensystems\7f401337
295 Node: Real Generalized Nonsymmetric Eigensystems\7f404044
296 Node: Sorting Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors\7f410618
297 Node: Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Examples\7f413895
298 Node: Eigenvalue and Eigenvector References\7f419283
299 Node: Fast Fourier Transforms\7f420308
300 Node: Mathematical Definitions\7f421517
301 Node: Overview of complex data FFTs\7f423922
302 Node: Radix-2 FFT routines for complex data\7f426865
303 Node: Mixed-radix FFT routines for complex data\7f431077
304 Node: Overview of real data FFTs\7f440406
305 Node: Radix-2 FFT routines for real data\7f442840
306 Node: Mixed-radix FFT routines for real data\7f445847
307 Node: FFT References and Further Reading\7f456427
308 Node: Numerical Integration\7f459296
309 Node: Numerical Integration Introduction\7f460841
310 Node: Integrands without weight functions\7f463110
311 Node: Integrands with weight functions\7f463939
312 Node: Integrands with singular weight functions\7f464650
313 Node: QNG non-adaptive Gauss-Kronrod integration\7f465568
314 Node: QAG adaptive integration\7f466849
315 Node: QAGS adaptive integration with singularities\7f469480
316 Node: QAGP adaptive integration with known singular points\7f471280
317 Node: QAGI adaptive integration on infinite intervals\7f472594
318 Node: QAWC adaptive integration for Cauchy principal values\7f474887
319 Node: QAWS adaptive integration for singular functions\7f476062
320 Node: QAWO adaptive integration for oscillatory functions\7f479284
321 Node: QAWF adaptive integration for Fourier integrals\7f483063
322 Node: Numerical integration error codes\7f485688
323 Node: Numerical integration examples\7f486456
324 Node: Numerical integration References and Further Reading\7f488501
325 Node: Random Number Generation\7f489230
326 Node: General comments on random numbers\7f490732
327 Node: The Random Number Generator Interface\7f492682
328 Node: Random number generator initialization\7f494040
329 Node: Sampling from a random number generator\7f496056
330 Node: Auxiliary random number generator functions\7f499297
331 Node: Random number environment variables\7f501617
332 Node: Copying random number generator state\7f504143
333 Node: Reading and writing random number generator state\7f505118
334 Node: Random number generator algorithms\7f506530
335 Node: Unix random number generators\7f516339
336 Node: Other random number generators\7f520057
337 Node: Random Number Generator Performance\7f528690
338 Node: Random Number Generator Examples\7f530008
339 Node: Random Number References and Further Reading\7f531564
340 Node: Random Number Acknowledgements\7f532861
341 Node: Quasi-Random Sequences\7f533347
342 Node: Quasi-random number generator initialization\7f534454
343 Node: Sampling from a quasi-random number generator\7f535469
344 Node: Auxiliary quasi-random number generator functions\7f536166
345 Node: Saving and resorting quasi-random number generator state\7f537112
346 Node: Quasi-random number generator algorithms\7f537920
347 Node: Quasi-random number generator examples\7f539057
348 Node: Quasi-random number references\7f540042
349 Node: Random Number Distributions\7f540568
350 Node: Random Number Distribution Introduction\7f543767
351 Node: The Gaussian Distribution\7f545562
352 Node: The Gaussian Tail Distribution\7f548224
353 Node: The Bivariate Gaussian Distribution\7f549893
354 Node: The Exponential Distribution\7f551216
355 Node: The Laplace Distribution\7f552355
356 Node: The Exponential Power Distribution\7f553452
357 Node: The Cauchy Distribution\7f554720
358 Node: The Rayleigh Distribution\7f555969
359 Node: The Rayleigh Tail Distribution\7f557141
360 Node: The Landau Distribution\7f558013
361 Node: The Levy alpha-Stable Distributions\7f558968
362 Node: The Levy skew alpha-Stable Distribution\7f560026
363 Node: The Gamma Distribution\7f561638
364 Node: The Flat (Uniform) Distribution\7f563295
365 Node: The Lognormal Distribution\7f564447
366 Node: The Chi-squared Distribution\7f565795
367 Node: The F-distribution\7f567199
368 Node: The t-distribution\7f568835
369 Node: The Beta Distribution\7f570229
370 Node: The Logistic Distribution\7f571388
371 Node: The Pareto Distribution\7f572517
372 Node: Spherical Vector Distributions\7f573687
373 Node: The Weibull Distribution\7f576521
374 Node: The Type-1 Gumbel Distribution\7f577715
375 Node: The Type-2 Gumbel Distribution\7f578952
376 Node: The Dirichlet Distribution\7f580183
377 Node: General Discrete Distributions\7f581851
378 Node: The Poisson Distribution\7f585716
379 Node: The Bernoulli Distribution\7f586724
380 Node: The Binomial Distribution\7f587475
381 Node: The Multinomial Distribution\7f588680
382 Node: The Negative Binomial Distribution\7f590449
383 Node: The Pascal Distribution\7f591814
384 Node: The Geometric Distribution\7f592972
385 Node: The Hypergeometric Distribution\7f594220
386 Node: The Logarithmic Distribution\7f595873
387 Node: Shuffling and Sampling\7f596664
388 Node: Random Number Distribution Examples\7f599483
389 Node: Random Number Distribution References and Further Reading\7f602679
390 Node: Statistics\7f604745
391 Node: Mean and standard deviation and variance\7f606040
392 Node: Absolute deviation\7f609548
393 Node: Higher moments (skewness and kurtosis)\7f610840
394 Node: Autocorrelation\7f612973
395 Node: Covariance\7f613787
396 Node: Correlation\7f614763
397 Node: Weighted Samples\7f615472
398 Node: Maximum and Minimum values\7f621300
399 Node: Median and Percentiles\7f624039
400 Node: Example statistical programs\7f626454
401 Node: Statistics References and Further Reading\7f629115
402 Node: Histograms\7f630323
403 Node: The histogram struct\7f632083
404 Node: Histogram allocation\7f633886
405 Node: Copying Histograms\7f636847
406 Node: Updating and accessing histogram elements\7f637523
407 Node: Searching histogram ranges\7f640790
408 Node: Histogram Statistics\7f641789
409 Node: Histogram Operations\7f643649
410 Node: Reading and writing histograms\7f645721
411 Node: Resampling from histograms\7f648763
412 Node: The histogram probability distribution struct\7f649561
413 Node: Example programs for histograms\7f652592
414 Node: Two dimensional histograms\7f654655
415 Node: The 2D histogram struct\7f655376
416 Node: 2D Histogram allocation\7f657184
417 Node: Copying 2D Histograms\7f659255
418 Node: Updating and accessing 2D histogram elements\7f659960
419 Node: Searching 2D histogram ranges\7f663615
420 Node: 2D Histogram Statistics\7f664634
421 Node: 2D Histogram Operations\7f667493
422 Node: Reading and writing 2D histograms\7f669667
423 Node: Resampling from 2D histograms\7f673296
424 Node: Example programs for 2D histograms\7f676315
425 Node: N-tuples\7f678143
426 Node: The ntuple struct\7f679399
427 Node: Creating ntuples\7f679877
428 Node: Opening an existing ntuple file\7f680544
429 Node: Writing ntuples\7f681172
430 Node: Reading ntuples\7f681633
431 Node: Closing an ntuple file\7f681964
432 Node: Histogramming ntuple values\7f682304
433 Node: Example ntuple programs\7f684310
434 Node: Ntuple References and Further Reading\7f687639
435 Node: Monte Carlo Integration\7f687960
436 Node: Monte Carlo Interface\7f689205
437 Node: PLAIN Monte Carlo\7f691828
438 Node: MISER\7f694266
439 Node: VEGAS\7f700104
440 Node: Monte Carlo Examples\7f708439
441 Node: Monte Carlo Integration References and Further Reading\7f714382
442 Node: Simulated Annealing\7f715164
443 Node: Simulated Annealing algorithm\7f716371
444 Node: Simulated Annealing functions\7f717525
445 Node: Examples with Simulated Annealing\7f722060
446 Node: Trivial example\7f722614
447 Node: Traveling Salesman Problem\7f725265
448 Node: Simulated Annealing References and Further Reading\7f728578
449 Node: Ordinary Differential Equations\7f728989
450 Node: Defining the ODE System\7f729810
451 Node: Stepping Functions\7f732002
452 Node: Adaptive Step-size Control\7f736347
453 Node: Evolution\7f741805
454 Node: ODE Example programs\7f745422
455 Node: ODE References and Further Reading\7f750661
456 Node: Interpolation\7f751300
457 Node: Introduction to Interpolation\7f752313
458 Node: Interpolation Functions\7f752754
459 Node: Interpolation Types\7f753961
460 Node: Index Look-up and Acceleration\7f756571
461 Node: Evaluation of Interpolating Functions\7f758366
462 Node: Higher-level Interface\7f760750
463 Node: Interpolation Example programs\7f762789
464 Node: Interpolation References and Further Reading\7f766039
465 Node: Numerical Differentiation\7f766612
466 Node: Numerical Differentiation functions\7f767201
467 Node: Numerical Differentiation Examples\7f770059
468 Node: Numerical Differentiation References\7f771472
469 Node: Chebyshev Approximations\7f772023
470 Node: Chebyshev Definitions\7f773039
471 Node: Creation and Calculation of Chebyshev Series\7f773829
472 Node: Chebyshev Series Evaluation\7f774801
473 Node: Derivatives and Integrals\7f776185
474 Node: Chebyshev Approximation examples\7f777427
475 Node: Chebyshev Approximation References and Further Reading\7f778923
476 Node: Series Acceleration\7f779372
477 Node: Acceleration functions\7f780137
478 Node: Acceleration functions without error estimation\7f782462
479 Node: Example of accelerating a series\7f785072
480 Node: Series Acceleration References\7f787418
481 Node: Wavelet Transforms\7f788306
482 Node: DWT Definitions\7f788847
483 Node: DWT Initialization\7f789799
484 Node: DWT Transform Functions\7f792378
485 Node: DWT in one dimension\7f792913
486 Node: DWT in two dimension\7f794932
487 Node: DWT Examples\7f799533
488 Node: DWT References\7f801350
489 Node: Discrete Hankel Transforms\7f803513
490 Node: Discrete Hankel Transform Definition\7f803981
491 Node: Discrete Hankel Transform Functions\7f806120
492 Node: Discrete Hankel Transform References\7f807651
493 Node: One dimensional Root-Finding\7f808055
494 Node: Root Finding Overview\7f809315
495 Node: Root Finding Caveats\7f811173
496 Node: Initializing the Solver\7f812940
497 Node: Providing the function to solve\7f815573
498 Node: Search Bounds and Guesses\7f819339
499 Node: Root Finding Iteration\7f820200
500 Node: Search Stopping Parameters\7f822049
501 Node: Root Bracketing Algorithms\7f824563
502 Node: Root Finding Algorithms using Derivatives\7f827861
503 Node: Root Finding Examples\7f831364
504 Node: Root Finding References and Further Reading\7f838652
505 Node: One dimensional Minimization\7f839291
506 Node: Minimization Overview\7f840593
507 Node: Minimization Caveats\7f842299
508 Node: Initializing the Minimizer\7f843636
509 Node: Providing the function to minimize\7f845877
510 Node: Minimization Iteration\7f846355
511 Node: Minimization Stopping Parameters\7f848491
512 Node: Minimization Algorithms\7f850100
513 Node: Minimization Examples\7f852539
514 Node: Minimization References and Further Reading\7f855466
515 Node: Multidimensional Root-Finding\7f855922
516 Node: Overview of Multidimensional Root Finding\7f857411
517 Node: Initializing the Multidimensional Solver\7f859598
518 Node: Providing the multidimensional system of equations to solve\7f862829
519 Node: Iteration of the multidimensional solver\7f867734
520 Node: Search Stopping Parameters for the multidimensional solver\7f870013
521 Node: Algorithms using Derivatives\7f871750
522 Node: Algorithms without Derivatives\7f876496
523 Node: Example programs for Multidimensional Root finding\7f879584
524 Node: References and Further Reading for Multidimensional Root Finding\7f888197
525 Node: Multidimensional Minimization\7f889436
526 Node: Multimin Overview\7f890728
527 Node: Multimin Caveats\7f892700
528 Node: Initializing the Multidimensional Minimizer\7f893449
529 Node: Providing a function to minimize\7f896610
530 Node: Multimin Iteration\7f900662
531 Node: Multimin Stopping Criteria\7f902653
532 Node: Multimin Algorithms\7f904205
533 Node: Multimin Examples\7f909164
534 Node: Multimin References and Further Reading\7f915784
535 Node: Least-Squares Fitting\7f916647
536 Node: Fitting Overview\7f917646
537 Node: Linear regression\7f919980
538 Node: Linear fitting without a constant term\7f922582
539 Node: Multi-parameter fitting\7f924775
540 Node: Fitting Examples\7f930425
541 Node: Fitting References and Further Reading\7f937250
542 Node: Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting\7f938072
543 Node: Overview of Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting\7f939522
544 Node: Initializing the Nonlinear Least-Squares Solver\7f940989
545 Node: Providing the Function to be Minimized\7f943842
546 Node: Iteration of the Minimization Algorithm\7f946779
547 Node: Search Stopping Parameters for Minimization Algorithms\7f948629
548 Node: Minimization Algorithms using Derivatives\7f950724
549 Node: Minimization Algorithms without Derivatives\7f953972
550 Node: Computing the covariance matrix of best fit parameters\7f954364
551 Node: Example programs for Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting\7f956398
552 Node: References and Further Reading for Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting\7f964126
553 Node: Basis Splines\7f964862
554 Node: Overview of B-splines\7f965437
555 Node: Initializing the B-splines solver\7f966720
556 Node: Constructing the knots vector\7f967463
557 Node: Evaluation of B-spline basis functions\7f968250
558 Node: Example programs for B-splines\7f969184
559 Node: References and Further Reading\7f973189
560 Node: Physical Constants\7f973703
561 Node: Fundamental Constants\7f975113
562 Node: Astronomy and Astrophysics\7f976252
563 Node: Atomic and Nuclear Physics\7f976917
564 Node: Measurement of Time\7f978554
565 Node: Imperial Units\7f978984
566 Node: Speed and Nautical Units\7f979426
567 Node: Printers Units\7f979930
568 Node: Volume Area and Length\7f980253
569 Node: Mass and Weight\7f980939
570 Node: Thermal Energy and Power\7f981758
571 Node: Pressure\7f982181
572 Node: Viscosity\7f982794
573 Node: Light and Illumination\7f983070
574 Node: Radioactivity\7f983662
575 Node: Force and Energy\7f983997
576 Node: Prefixes\7f984401
577 Node: Physical Constant Examples\7f985144
578 Node: Physical Constant References and Further Reading\7f986933
579 Node: IEEE floating-point arithmetic\7f987644
580 Node: Representation of floating point numbers\7f988230
581 Node: Setting up your IEEE environment\7f992711
582 Node: IEEE References and Further Reading\7f999703
583 Node: Debugging Numerical Programs\7f1000858
584 Node: Using gdb\7f1001342
585 Node: Examining floating point registers\7f1004685
586 Node: Handling floating point exceptions\7f1005970
587 Node: GCC warning options for numerical programs\7f1007382
588 Node: Debugging References\7f1011575
589 Node: Contributors to GSL\7f1012287
590 Node: Autoconf Macros\7f1016522
591 Node: GSL CBLAS Library\7f1020551
592 Node: Level 1 CBLAS Functions\7f1021078
593 Node: Level 2 CBLAS Functions\7f1026380
594 Node: Level 3 CBLAS Functions\7f1043050
595 Node: GSL CBLAS Examples\7f1052712
596 Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation\7f1054274
597 Node: GNU General Public License\7f1059343
598 Node: GNU Free Documentation License\7f1096955
599 Node: Function Index\7f1119386
600 Node: Variable Index\7f1360881
601 Node: Type Index\7f1362053
602 Node: Concept Index\7f1365699
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