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GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual - Revised Second Edition (v1.8)

by M. Galassi, J. Davies, J. Theiler, B. Gough, G. Jungman, M. Booth, F. Rossi

Paperback (6"x9"), 636 pages, 60 figures. Revised August 2006.
Retail Price: $39.99 (£24.99 in UK)
ISBN: 0-9541617-3-4

About the Book

This reference manual is the definitive guide to the GNU Scientific Library (GSL), a numerical library for C and C++ programmers. The manual documents over 1,000 mathematical routines needed for solving problems in science and engineering.

This new revised version of the second edition (August 2006, v1.8) features numerous corrections, additional examples and function descriptions. It also includes the GPG key used to sign the GSL source, allowing you to check downloaded files for security.

The authors of this manual are the original developers of the GNU Scientific Library.

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This book is published under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Using the library
  3. Error Handling
  4. Mathematical Functions
  5. Complex Numbers
  6. Polynomials
  7. Special Functions
  8. Vectors and Matrices
  9. Permutations
  10. Combinations
  11. Sorting
  12. BLAS Support
  13. Linear Algebra
  14. Eigensystems
  15. Fast Fourier Transforms
  16. Numerical Integration
  17. Random Number Generation
  18. Quasi-Random Sequences
  19. Random Number Distributions
  20. Statistics
  21. Histograms
  22. N-tuples
  23. Monte Carlo Integration
  24. Simulated Annealing
  25. Ordinary Differential Equations
  26. Interpolation
  27. Numerical Differentiation
  28. Chebyshev Approximations
  29. Series Acceleration
  30. Wavelet Transforms
  31. Discrete Hankel Transforms
  32. One dimensional Root-Finding
  33. One dimensional Minimization
  34. Multidimensional Root-Finding
  35. Multidimensional Minimization
  36. Least-Squares Fitting
  37. Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting
  38. Physical Constants
  39. IEEE floating-point arithmetic
  40. Debugging Numerical Programs
  41. Contributors to GSL
  42. Autoconf Macros
  43. GSL CBLAS Library
  44. GNU General Public License
  45. GNU Free Documentation License
  46. Function Index
  47. Variable Index
  48. Type Index
  49. Concept Index

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