Re: [Bug-gsl] GSL: suggestion, E_n

[Brian Gough]

At Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:21:55 +0100,
Oleg V. Motygin wrote:
> I think it would be great if you could improve the GSL routines
> for computations of exponential integrals so that they can accept 
> complex arguments too. A good algorithm for this was published in
> 
> ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
> Donald E. Amos, Computation of Exponential Integrals of a Complex 
> Argument, vol.16, no. 2, p.169--177, 1990,
> http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/78928.78933
> 
> ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
> Donald E. Amos, Algorithm 683: A Portable FORTRAN Subroutine for 
> Exponential Integrals of a Complex Argument, vol.16, no. 2,
> p.178--182, 1990,
> http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/78928.78934

Thanks for the suggestion - I agree it could be a useful function to
have. Would you be able to work on this?

-- 
Brian Gough

GNU Scientific Library -
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/