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[bug-gsl] Re: Errors in the manual (2008-02-13)

From: Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Errors in the manual
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:30:32 +0000
To: Claude Dion <claude.dion@.........>
Cc: bug-gsl@gnu.org

At Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:56:35 +0100,
Claude Dion wrote:
> There are a couple of errors in the examples of minimization in
> section 33.8 of the manual. First, the output of the sample code
> does not correspond to what is in the manual. Also, the second
> (header) and third (0th iteration) printf have 6 fields, while 7 are
> printed in the do while. (On that subject, I would also like to
> request a feature. It would be nice if there was a wrapper for the
> minimization procedure, instead of having to iterate manually.)
>
> Also in section 16.2 of the manual, to be pedantic, the QNG
> algorithm is based on the Gauss-Kronrod-Patterson rules, not just
> Gauss-Kronrod (which concerns only the 10- and 21-point rules).

Thanks for the bug reports, I've corrected the manual.

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Brian Gough

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