Re: [Bug-gsl] Errors in the manual

[Brian Gough]

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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