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34.9 References and Further Reading
===================================

The original version of the Hybrid method is described in the following
articles by Powell,

     M.J.D. Powell, "A Hybrid Method for Nonlinear Equations" (Chap 6, p
     87-114) and "A Fortran Subroutine for Solving systems of Nonlinear
     Algebraic Equations" (Chap 7, p 115-161), in `Numerical Methods for
     Nonlinear Algebraic Equations', P. Rabinowitz, editor.  Gordon and
     Breach, 1970.

The following papers are also relevant to the algorithms described in
this section,

     J.J. More', M.Y. Cosnard, "Numerical Solution of Nonlinear
     Equations", `ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software', Vol 5, No
     1, (1979), p 64-85

     C.G. Broyden, "A Class of Methods for Solving Nonlinear
     Simultaneous Equations", `Mathematics of Computation', Vol 19
     (1965), p 577-593

     J.J. More', B.S. Garbow, K.E. Hillstrom, "Testing Unconstrained
     Optimization Software", ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software,
     Vol 7, No 1 (1981), p 17-41


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35 Multidimensional Minimization
********************************

This chapter describes routines for finding minima of arbitrary
multidimensional functions.  The library provides low level components
for a variety of iterative minimizers and convergence tests.  These can
be combined by the user to achieve the desired solution, while providing
full access to the intermediate steps of the algorithms.  Each class of
methods uses the same framework, so that you can switch between
minimizers at runtime without needing to recompile your program.  Each
instance of a minimizer keeps track of its own state, allowing the
minimizers to be used in multi-threaded programs. The minimization
algorithms can be used to maximize a function by inverting its sign.

   The header file `gsl_multimin.h' contains prototypes for the
minimization functions and related declarations.

* Menu:

* Multimin Overview::
* Multimin Caveats::
* Initializing the Multidimensional Minimizer::
* Providing a function to minimize::
* Multimin Iteration::
* Multimin Stopping Criteria::
* Multimin Algorithms with Derivatives::
* Multimin Algorithms without Derivatives::
* Multimin Examples::
* Multimin References and Further Reading::


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35.1 Overview
=============

The problem of multidimensional minimization requires finding a point x
such that the scalar function,

     f(x_1, ..., x_n)

takes a value which is lower than at any neighboring point. For smooth
functions the gradient g = \nabla f vanishes at the minimum. In general
there are no bracketing methods available for the minimization of
n-dimensional functions.  The algorithms proceed from an initial guess
using a search algorithm which attempts to move in a downhill direction.

   Algorithms making use of the gradient of the function perform a
one-dimensional line minimisation along this direction until the lowest
point is found to a suitable tolerance.  The search direction is then
updated with local information from the function and its derivatives,
and the whole process repeated until the true n-dimensional minimum is
found.

   Algorithms which do not require the gradient of the function use
different strategies.  For example, the Nelder-Mead Simplex algorithm
maintains n+1 trial parameter vectors as the vertices of a
n-dimensional simplex.  On each iteration it tries to improve the worst
vertex of the simplex by geometrical transformations.  The iterations
are continued until the overall size of the simplex has decreased
sufficiently.

   Both types of algorithms use a standard framework. The user provides
a high-level driver for the algorithms, and the library provides the
individual functions necessary for each of the steps.  There are three
main phases of the iteration.  The steps are,

   * initialize minimizer state, S, for algorithm T

   * update S using the iteration T

   * test S for convergence, and repeat iteration if necessary

Each iteration step consists either of an improvement to the
line-minimisation in the current direction or an update to the search
direction itself.  The state for the minimizers is held in a
`gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer' struct or a `gsl_multimin_fminimizer'
struct.


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35.2 Caveats
============

Note that the minimization algorithms can only search for one local
minimum at a time.  When there are several local minima in the search
area, the first minimum to be found will be returned; however it is
difficult to predict which of the minima this will be.  In most cases,
no error will be reported if you try to find a local minimum in an area
where there is more than one.

   It is also important to note that the minimization algorithms find
local minima; there is no way to determine whether a minimum is a global
minimum of the function in question.


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35.3 Initializing the Multidimensional Minimizer
================================================

The following function initializes a multidimensional minimizer.  The
minimizer itself depends only on the dimension of the problem and the
algorithm and can be reused for different problems.

 -- Function: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer *
gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_alloc (const gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_type *
          T, size_t N)
 -- Function: gsl_multimin_fminimizer * gsl_multimin_fminimizer_alloc
          (const gsl_multimin_fminimizer_type * T, size_t N)
     This function returns a pointer to a newly allocated instance of a
     minimizer of type T for an N-dimension function.  If there is
     insufficient memory to create the minimizer then the function
     returns a null pointer and the error handler is invoked with an
     error code of `GSL_ENOMEM'.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_set
          (gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S, gsl_multimin_function_fdf *
          FDF, const gsl_vector * X, double STEP_SIZE, double TOL)
     This function initializes the minimizer S to minimize the function
     FDF starting from the initial point X.  The size of the first
     trial step is given by STEP_SIZE.  The accuracy of the line
     minimization is specified by TOL.  The precise meaning of this
     parameter depends on the method used.  Typically the line
     minimization is considered successful if the gradient of the
     function g is orthogonal to the current search direction p to a
     relative accuracy of TOL, where dot(p,g) < tol |p| |g|.  A TOL
     value of 0.1 is suitable for most purposes, since line
     minimization only needs to be carried out approximately.    Note
     that setting TOL to zero will force the use of "exact"
     line-searches, which are extremely expensive.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_fminimizer_set (gsl_multimin_fminimizer
          * S, gsl_multimin_function * F, const gsl_vector * X, const
          gsl_vector * STEP_SIZE)
     This function initializes the minimizer S to minimize the function
     F, starting from the initial point X. The size of the initial
     trial steps is given in vector STEP_SIZE. The precise meaning of
     this parameter depends on the method used.

 -- Function: void gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_free
          (gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: void gsl_multimin_fminimizer_free
          (gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
     This function frees all the memory associated with the minimizer S.

 -- Function: const char * gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_name (const
          gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: const char * gsl_multimin_fminimizer_name (const
          gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
     This function returns a pointer to the name of the minimizer.  For
     example,

          printf ("s is a '%s' minimizer\n",
                  gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_name (s));

     would print something like `s is a 'conjugate_pr' minimizer'.


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35.4 Providing a function to minimize
=====================================

You must provide a parametric function of n variables for the
minimizers to operate on.  You may also need to provide a routine which
calculates the gradient of the function and a third routine which
calculates both the function value and the gradient together.  In order
to allow for general parameters the functions are defined by the
following data types:

 -- Data Type: gsl_multimin_function_fdf
     This data type defines a general function of n variables with
     parameters and the corresponding gradient vector of derivatives,

    `double (* f) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS)'
          this function should return the result f(x,params) for
          argument X and parameters PARAMS.  If the function cannot be
          computed, an error value of `GSL_NAN' should be returned.

    `void (* df) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, gsl_vector * G)'
          this function should store the N-dimensional gradient g_i = d
          f(x,params) / d x_i in the vector G for argument X and
          parameters PARAMS, returning an appropriate error code if the
          function cannot be computed.

    `void (* fdf) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, double * f, gsl_vector * G)'
          This function should set the values of the F and G as above,
          for arguments X and parameters PARAMS.  This function
          provides an optimization of the separate functions for f(x)
          and g(x)--it is always faster to compute the function and its
          derivative at the same time.

    `size_t n'
          the dimension of the system, i.e. the number of components of
          the vectors X.

    `void * params'
          a pointer to the parameters of the function.

 -- Data Type: gsl_multimin_function
     This data type defines a general function of n variables with
     parameters,

    `double (* f) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS)'
          this function should return the result f(x,params) for
          argument X and parameters PARAMS.  If the function cannot be
          computed, an error value of `GSL_NAN' should be returned.

    `size_t n'
          the dimension of the system, i.e. the number of components of
          the vectors X.

    `void * params'
          a pointer to the parameters of the function.

The following example function defines a simple two-dimensional
paraboloid with five parameters,

     /* Paraboloid centered on (p[0],p[1]), with
        scale factors (p[2],p[3]) and minimum p[4] */

     double
     my_f (const gsl_vector *v, void *params)
     {
       double x, y;
       double *p = (double *)params;

       x = gsl_vector_get(v, 0);
       y = gsl_vector_get(v, 1);

       return p[2] * (x - p[0]) * (x - p[0]) +
                p[3] * (y - p[1]) * (y - p[1]) + p[4];
     }

     /* The gradient of f, df = (df/dx, df/dy). */
     void
     my_df (const gsl_vector *v, void *params,
            gsl_vector *df)
     {
       double x, y;
       double *p = (double *)params;

       x = gsl_vector_get(v, 0);
       y = gsl_vector_get(v, 1);

       gsl_vector_set(df, 0, 2.0 * p[2] * (x - p[0]));
       gsl_vector_set(df, 1, 2.0 * p[3] * (y - p[1]));
     }

     /* Compute both f and df together. */
     void
     my_fdf (const gsl_vector *x, void *params,
             double *f, gsl_vector *df)
     {
       *f = my_f(x, params);
       my_df(x, params, df);
     }

The function can be initialized using the following code,

     gsl_multimin_function_fdf my_func;

     /* Paraboloid center at (1,2), scale factors (10, 20),
        minimum value 30 */
     double p[5] = { 1.0, 2.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0 };

     my_func.n = 2;  /* number of function components */
     my_func.f = &my_f;
     my_func.df = &my_df;
     my_func.fdf = &my_fdf;
     my_func.params = (void *)p;


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35.5 Iteration
==============

The following function drives the iteration of each algorithm.  The
function performs one iteration to update the state of the minimizer.
The same function works for all minimizers so that different methods can
be substituted at runtime without modifications to the code.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_iterate
          (gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_fminimizer_iterate
          (gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
     These functions perform a single iteration of the minimizer S.  If
     the iteration encounters an unexpected problem then an error code
     will be returned.

The minimizer maintains a current best estimate of the minimum at all
times.  This information can be accessed with the following auxiliary
functions,

 -- Function: gsl_vector * gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_x (const
          gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: gsl_vector * gsl_multimin_fminimizer_x (const
          gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
 -- Function: double gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_minimum (const
          gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: double gsl_multimin_fminimizer_minimum (const
          gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
 -- Function: gsl_vector * gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_gradient (const
          gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
 -- Function: double gsl_multimin_fminimizer_size (const
          gsl_multimin_fminimizer * S)
     These functions return the current best estimate of the location
     of the minimum, the value of the function at that point, its
     gradient, and minimizer specific characteristic size for the
     minimizer S.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_restart
          (gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer * S)
     This function resets the minimizer S to use the current point as a
     new starting point.


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35.6 Stopping Criteria
======================

A minimization procedure should stop when one of the following
conditions is true:

   * A minimum has been found to within the user-specified precision.

   * A user-specified maximum number of iterations has been reached.

   * An error has occurred.

The handling of these conditions is under user control.  The functions
below allow the user to test the precision of the current result.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_test_gradient (const gsl_vector * G,
          double EPSABS)
     This function tests the norm of the gradient G against the
     absolute tolerance EPSABS. The gradient of a multidimensional
     function goes to zero at a minimum. The test returns `GSL_SUCCESS'
     if the following condition is achieved,

          |g| < epsabs

     and returns `GSL_CONTINUE' otherwise.  A suitable choice of EPSABS
     can be made from the desired accuracy in the function for small
     variations in x.  The relationship between these quantities is
     given by \delta f = g \delta x.

 -- Function: int gsl_multimin_test_size (const double SIZE, double
          EPSABS)
     This function tests the minimizer specific characteristic size (if
     applicable to the used minimizer) against absolute tolerance
     EPSABS.  The test returns `GSL_SUCCESS' if the size is smaller
     than tolerance, otherwise `GSL_CONTINUE' is returned.


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35.7 Algorithms with Derivatives
================================

There are several minimization methods available. The best choice of
algorithm depends on the problem.  The algorithms described in this
section use the value of the function and its gradient at each
evaluation point.

 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_conjugate_fr
     This is the Fletcher-Reeves conjugate gradient algorithm. The
     conjugate gradient algorithm proceeds as a succession of line
     minimizations. The sequence of search directions is used to build
     up an approximation to the curvature of the function in the
     neighborhood of the minimum.

     An initial search direction P is chosen using the gradient, and
     line minimization is carried out in that direction.  The accuracy
     of the line minimization is specified by the parameter TOL.  The
     minimum along this line occurs when the function gradient G and
     the search direction P are orthogonal.  The line minimization
     terminates when dot(p,g) < tol |p| |g|.  The search direction is
     updated  using the Fletcher-Reeves formula p' = g' - \beta g where
     \beta=-|g'|^2/|g|^2, and the line minimization is then repeated
     for the new search direction.

 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_conjugate_pr
     This is the Polak-Ribiere conjugate gradient algorithm.  It is
     similar to the Fletcher-Reeves method, differing only in the
     choice of the coefficient \beta. Both methods work well when the
     evaluation point is close enough to the minimum of the objective
     function that it is well approximated by a quadratic hypersurface.

 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_vector_bfgs2
 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_vector_bfgs
     These methods use the vector Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno
     (BFGS) algorithm.  This is a quasi-Newton method which builds up
     an approximation to the second derivatives of the function f using
     the difference between successive gradient vectors.  By combining
     the first and second derivatives the algorithm is able to take
     Newton-type steps towards the function minimum, assuming quadratic
     behavior in that region.

     The `bfgs2' version of this minimizer is the most efficient
     version available, and is a faithful implementation of the line
     minimization scheme described in Fletcher's `Practical Methods of
     Optimization', Algorithms 2.6.2 and 2.6.4.  It supercedes the
     original `bfgs' routine and requires substantially fewer function
     and gradient evaluations.  The user-supplied tolerance TOL
     corresponds to the parameter \sigma used by Fletcher.  A value of
     0.1 is recommended for typical use (larger values correspond to
     less accurate line searches).


 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_steepest_descent
     The steepest descent algorithm follows the downhill gradient of the
     function at each step. When a downhill step is successful the
     step-size is increased by a factor of two.  If the downhill step
     leads to a higher function value then the algorithm backtracks and
     the step size is decreased using the parameter TOL.  A suitable
     value of TOL for most applications is 0.1.  The steepest descent
     method is inefficient and is included only for demonstration
     purposes.


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35.8 Algorithms without Derivatives
===================================

The algorithms described in this section use only the value of the
function at each evaluation point.

 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fminimizer_nmsimplex2
 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fminimizer_nmsimplex
     These methods use the Simplex algorithm of Nelder and Mead.
     Starting from the initial vector X = p_0, the algorithm constructs
     an additional n vectors p_i using the step size vector s =
     STEP_SIZE as follows:

          p_0 = (x_0, x_1, ... , x_n)
          p_1 = (x_0 + s_0, x_1, ... , x_n)
          p_2 = (x_0, x_1 + s_1, ... , x_n)
          ... = ...
          p_n = (x_0, x_1, ... , x_n + s_n)

     These vectors form the n+1 vertices of a simplex in n dimensions.
     On each iteration the algorithm uses simple geometrical
     transformations to update the vector corresponding to the highest
     function value.  The geometric transformations are reflection,
     reflection followed by expansion, contraction and multiple
     contraction.  Using these transformations the simplex moves through
     the space towards the minimum, where it contracts itself.

     After each iteration, the best vertex is returned.  Note, that due
     to the nature of the algorithm not every step improves the current
     best parameter vector.  Usually several iterations are required.

     The minimizer-specific characteristic size is calculated as the
     average distance from the geometrical center of the simplex to all
     its vertices.  This size can be used as a stopping criteria, as the
     simplex contracts itself near the minimum. The size is returned by
     the function `gsl_multimin_fminimizer_size'.

     The `nmsimplex2' version of this minimiser is a new O(N)
     implementation of the earlier O(N^2) `nmsimplex' minimiser.  It
     uses the same underlying algorithm, but the simplex updates are
     computed more efficiently for high-dimensional problems.  In
     addition, the size of simplex is calculated as the RMS distance of
     each vertex from the center rather than the mean distance,
     allowing a linear update of this quantity on each step.

 -- Minimizer: gsl_multimin_fminimizer_nmsimplex2rand
     This method is a variant of `nmsimplex2' which initialises the
     simplex around the starting point X using a randomly-oriented set
     of basis vectors instead of the fixed coordinate axes. The final
     dimensions of the simplex are scaled along the coordinate axes by
     the vector STEP_SIZE.  The randomisation uses a simple
     deterministic generator so that repeated calls to
     `gsl_multimin_fminimizer_set' for a given solver object will vary
     the orientation in a well-defined way.


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35.9 Examples
=============

This example program finds the minimum of the paraboloid function
defined earlier.  The location of the minimum is offset from the origin
in x and y, and the function value at the minimum is non-zero. The main
program is given below, it requires the example function given earlier
in this chapter.

     int
     main (void)
     {
       size_t iter = 0;
       int status;

       const gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_type *T;
       gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer *s;

       /* Position of the minimum (1,2), scale factors
          10,20, height 30. */
       double par[5] = { 1.0, 2.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0 };

       gsl_vector *x;
       gsl_multimin_function_fdf my_func;

       my_func.n = 2;
       my_func.f = my_f;
       my_func.df = my_df;
       my_func.fdf = my_fdf;
       my_func.params = par;

       /* Starting point, x = (5,7) */
       x = gsl_vector_alloc (2);
       gsl_vector_set (x, 0, 5.0);
       gsl_vector_set (x, 1, 7.0);

       T = gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_conjugate_fr;
       s = gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_alloc (T, 2);

       gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_set (s, &my_func, x, 0.01, 1e-4);

       do
         {
           iter++;
           status = gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_iterate (s);

           if (status)
             break;

           status = gsl_multimin_test_gradient (s->gradient, 1e-3);

           if (status == GSL_SUCCESS)
             printf ("Minimum found at:\n");

           printf ("%5d %.5f %.5f %10.5f\n", iter,
                   gsl_vector_get (s->x, 0),
                   gsl_vector_get (s->x, 1),
                   s->f);

         }
       while (status == GSL_CONTINUE && iter < 100);

       gsl_multimin_fdfminimizer_free (s);
       gsl_vector_free (x);

       return 0;
     }

The initial step-size is chosen as 0.01, a conservative estimate in this
case, and the line minimization parameter is set at 0.0001.  The program
terminates when the norm of the gradient has been reduced below 0.001.
The output of the program is shown below,

              x       y         f
         1 4.99629 6.99072  687.84780
         2 4.98886 6.97215  683.55456
         3 4.97400 6.93501  675.01278
         4 4.94429 6.86073  658.10798
         5 4.88487 6.71217  625.01340
         6 4.76602 6.41506  561.68440
         7 4.52833 5.82083  446.46694
         8 4.05295 4.63238  261.79422
         9 3.10219 2.25548   75.49762
        10 2.85185 1.62963   67.03704
        11 2.19088 1.76182   45.31640
        12 0.86892 2.02622   30.18555
     Minimum found at:
        13 1.00000 2.00000   30.00000

Note that the algorithm gradually increases the step size as it
successfully moves downhill, as can be seen by plotting the successive
points.

The conjugate gradient algorithm finds the minimum on its second
direction because the function is purely quadratic. Additional
iterations would be needed for a more complicated function.

   Here is another example using the Nelder-Mead Simplex algorithm to
minimize the same example object function, as above.

     int
     main(void)
     {
       double par[5] = {1.0, 2.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0};

       const gsl_multimin_fminimizer_type *T =
         gsl_multimin_fminimizer_nmsimplex2;
       gsl_multimin_fminimizer *s = NULL;
       gsl_vector *ss, *x;
       gsl_multimin_function minex_func;

       size_t iter = 0;
       int status;
       double size;

       /* Starting point */
       x = gsl_vector_alloc (2);
       gsl_vector_set (x, 0, 5.0);
       gsl_vector_set (x, 1, 7.0);

       /* Set initial step sizes to 1 */
       ss = gsl_vector_alloc (2);
       gsl_vector_set_all (ss, 1.0);

       /* Initialize method and iterate */
       minex_func.n = 2;
       minex_func.f = my_f;
       minex_func.params = par;

       s = gsl_multimin_fminimizer_alloc (T, 2);
       gsl_multimin_fminimizer_set (s, &minex_func, x, ss);

       do
         {
           iter++;
           status = gsl_multimin_fminimizer_iterate(s);

           if (status)
             break;

           size = gsl_multimin_fminimizer_size (s);
           status = gsl_multimin_test_size (size, 1e-2);

           if (status == GSL_SUCCESS)
             {
               printf ("converged to minimum at\n");
             }

           printf ("%5d %10.3e %10.3e f() = %7.3f size = %.3f\n",
                   iter,
                   gsl_vector_get (s->x, 0),
                   gsl_vector_get (s->x, 1),
                   s->fval, size);
         }
       while (status == GSL_CONTINUE && iter < 100);

       gsl_vector_free(x);
       gsl_vector_free(ss);
       gsl_multimin_fminimizer_free (s);

       return status;
     }

The minimum search stops when the Simplex size drops to 0.01. The
output is shown below.

         1  6.500e+00  5.000e+00 f() = 512.500 size = 1.130
         2  5.250e+00  4.000e+00 f() = 290.625 size = 1.409
         3  5.250e+00  4.000e+00 f() = 290.625 size = 1.409
         4  5.500e+00  1.000e+00 f() = 252.500 size = 1.409
         5  2.625e+00  3.500e+00 f() = 101.406 size = 1.847
         6  2.625e+00  3.500e+00 f() = 101.406 size = 1.847
         7  0.000e+00  3.000e+00 f() =  60.000 size = 1.847
         8  2.094e+00  1.875e+00 f() =  42.275 size = 1.321
         9  2.578e-01  1.906e+00 f() =  35.684 size = 1.069
        10  5.879e-01  2.445e+00 f() =  35.664 size = 0.841
        11  1.258e+00  2.025e+00 f() =  30.680 size = 0.476
        12  1.258e+00  2.025e+00 f() =  30.680 size = 0.367
        13  1.093e+00  1.849e+00 f() =  30.539 size = 0.300
        14  8.830e-01  2.004e+00 f() =  30.137 size = 0.172
        15  8.830e-01  2.004e+00 f() =  30.137 size = 0.126
        16  9.582e-01  2.060e+00 f() =  30.090 size = 0.106
        17  1.022e+00  2.004e+00 f() =  30.005 size = 0.063
        18  1.022e+00  2.004e+00 f() =  30.005 size = 0.043
        19  1.022e+00  2.004e+00 f() =  30.005 size = 0.043
        20  1.022e+00  2.004e+00 f() =  30.005 size = 0.027
        21  1.022e+00  2.004e+00 f() =  30.005 size = 0.022
        22  9.920e-01  1.997e+00 f() =  30.001 size = 0.016
        23  9.920e-01  1.997e+00 f() =  30.001 size = 0.013
     converged to minimum at
        24  9.920e-01  1.997e+00 f() =  30.001 size = 0.008

The simplex size first increases, while the simplex moves towards the
minimum. After a while the size begins to decrease as the simplex
contracts around the minimum.


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35.10 References and Further Reading
====================================

The conjugate gradient and BFGS methods are described in detail in the
following book,

     R. Fletcher, `Practical Methods of Optimization (Second Edition)'
     Wiley (1987), ISBN 0471915475.

   A brief description of multidimensional minimization algorithms and
more recent references can be found in,

     C.W. Ueberhuber, `Numerical Computation (Volume 2)', Chapter 14,
     Section 4.4 "Minimization Methods", p. 325-335, Springer (1997),
     ISBN 3-540-62057-5.

The simplex algorithm is described in the following paper,

     J.A. Nelder and R. Mead, `A simplex method for function
     minimization', Computer Journal vol. 7 (1965), 308-313.



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36 Least-Squares Fitting
************************

This chapter describes routines for performing least squares fits to
experimental data using linear combinations of functions.  The data may
be weighted or unweighted, i.e. with known or unknown errors.  For
weighted data the functions compute the best fit parameters and their
associated covariance matrix.  For unweighted data the covariance
matrix is estimated from the scatter of the points, giving a
variance-covariance matrix.

   The functions are divided into separate versions for simple one- or
two-parameter regression and multiple-parameter fits.  The functions
are declared in the header file `gsl_fit.h'.

* Menu:

* Fitting Overview::
* Linear regression::
* Linear fitting without a constant term::
* Multi-parameter fitting::
* Fitting Examples::
* Fitting References and Further Reading::


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36.1 Overview
=============

Least-squares fits are found by minimizing \chi^2 (chi-squared), the
weighted sum of squared residuals over n experimental datapoints (x_i,
y_i) for the model Y(c,x),

     \chi^2 = \sum_i w_i (y_i - Y(c, x_i))^2

The p parameters of the model are c = {c_0, c_1, ...}.  The weight
factors w_i are given by w_i = 1/\sigma_i^2, where \sigma_i is the
experimental error on the data-point y_i.  The errors are assumed to be
gaussian and uncorrelated.  For unweighted data the chi-squared sum is
computed without any weight factors.

   The fitting routines return the best-fit parameters c and their p
\times p covariance matrix.  The covariance matrix measures the
statistical errors on the best-fit parameters resulting from the errors
on the data, \sigma_i, and is defined as C_{ab} = <\delta c_a \delta
c_b> where < > denotes an average over the gaussian error distributions
of the underlying datapoints.

   The covariance matrix is calculated by error propagation from the
data errors \sigma_i.  The change in a fitted parameter \delta c_a
caused by a small change in the data \delta y_i is given by

     \delta c_a = \sum_i (dc_a/dy_i) \delta y_i

allowing the covariance matrix to be written in terms of the errors on
the data,

     C_{ab} = \sum_{i,j} (dc_a/dy_i) (dc_b/dy_j) <\delta y_i \delta y_j>

For uncorrelated data the fluctuations of the underlying datapoints
satisfy <\delta y_i \delta y_j> = \sigma_i^2 \delta_{ij}, giving a
corresponding parameter covariance matrix of

     C_{ab} = \sum_i (1/w_i) (dc_a/dy_i) (dc_b/dy_i)

When computing the covariance matrix for unweighted data, i.e. data
with unknown errors, the weight factors w_i in this sum are replaced by
the single estimate w = 1/\sigma^2, where \sigma^2 is the computed
variance of the residuals about the best-fit model, \sigma^2 = \sum
(y_i - Y(c,x_i))^2 / (n-p).  This is referred to as the
"variance-covariance matrix".  

   The standard deviations of the best-fit parameters are given by the
square root of the corresponding diagonal elements of the covariance
matrix, \sigma_{c_a} = \sqrt{C_{aa}}.  The correlation coefficient of
the fit parameters c_a and c_b is given by \rho_{ab} = C_{ab} /
\sqrt{C_{aa} C_{bb}}.


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36.2 Linear regression
======================

The functions described in this section can be used to perform
least-squares fits to a straight line model, Y(c,x) = c_0 + c_1 x.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_linear (const double * X, const size_t
          XSTRIDE, const double * Y, const size_t YSTRIDE, size_t N,
          double * C0, double * C1, double * COV00, double * COV01,
          double * COV11, double * SUMSQ)
     This function computes the best-fit linear regression coefficients
     (C0,C1) of the model Y = c_0 + c_1 X for the dataset (X, Y), two
     vectors of length N with strides XSTRIDE and YSTRIDE.  The errors
     on Y are assumed unknown so the variance-covariance matrix for the
     parameters (C0, C1) is estimated from the scatter of the points
     around the best-fit line and returned via the parameters (COV00,
     COV01, COV11).  The sum of squares of the residuals from the
     best-fit line is returned in SUMSQ.  Note: the correlation
     coefficient of the data can be computed using
     `gsl_stats_correlation' (*note Correlation::), it does not depend
     on the fit.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_wlinear (const double * X, const size_t
          XSTRIDE, const double * W, const size_t WSTRIDE, const double
          * Y, const size_t YSTRIDE, size_t N, double * C0, double *
          C1, double * COV00, double * COV01, double * COV11, double *
          CHISQ)
     This function computes the best-fit linear regression coefficients
     (C0,C1) of the model Y = c_0 + c_1 X for the weighted dataset (X,
     Y), two vectors of length N with strides XSTRIDE and YSTRIDE.  The
     vector W, of length N and stride WSTRIDE, specifies the weight of
     each datapoint. The weight is the reciprocal of the variance for
     each datapoint in Y.

     The covariance matrix for the parameters (C0, C1) is computed
     using the weights and returned via the parameters (COV00, COV01,
     COV11).  The weighted sum of squares of the residuals from the
     best-fit line, \chi^2, is returned in CHISQ.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_linear_est (double X, double C0, double C1,
          double COV00, double COV01, double COV11, double * Y, double
          * Y_ERR)
     This function uses the best-fit linear regression coefficients C0,
     C1 and their covariance COV00, COV01, COV11 to compute the fitted
     function Y and its standard deviation Y_ERR for the model Y = c_0
     + c_1 X at the point X.


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36.3 Linear fitting without a constant term
===========================================

The functions described in this section can be used to perform
least-squares fits to a straight line model without a constant term, Y
= c_1 X.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_mul (const double * X, const size_t XSTRIDE,
          const double * Y, const size_t YSTRIDE, size_t N, double *
          C1, double * COV11, double * SUMSQ)
     This function computes the best-fit linear regression coefficient
     C1 of the model Y = c_1 X for the datasets (X, Y), two vectors of
     length N with strides XSTRIDE and YSTRIDE.  The errors on Y are
     assumed unknown so the variance of the parameter C1 is estimated
     from the scatter of the points around the best-fit line and
     returned via the parameter COV11.  The sum of squares of the
     residuals from the best-fit line is returned in SUMSQ.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_wmul (const double * X, const size_t XSTRIDE,
          const double * W, const size_t WSTRIDE, const double * Y,
          const size_t YSTRIDE, size_t N, double * C1, double * COV11,
          double * SUMSQ)
     This function computes the best-fit linear regression coefficient
     C1 of the model Y = c_1 X for the weighted datasets (X, Y), two
     vectors of length N with strides XSTRIDE and YSTRIDE.  The vector
     W, of length N and stride WSTRIDE, specifies the weight of each
     datapoint. The weight is the reciprocal of the variance for each
     datapoint in Y.

     The variance of the parameter C1 is computed using the weights and
     returned via the parameter COV11.  The weighted sum of squares of
     the residuals from the best-fit line, \chi^2, is returned in CHISQ.

 -- Function: int gsl_fit_mul_est (double X, double C1, double COV11,
          double * Y, double * Y_ERR)
     This function uses the best-fit linear regression coefficient C1
     and its covariance COV11 to compute the fitted function Y and its
     standard deviation Y_ERR for the model Y = c_1 X at the point X.


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36.4 Multi-parameter fitting
============================

The functions described in this section perform least-squares fits to a
general linear model, y = X c where y is a vector of n observations, X
is an n by p matrix of predictor variables, and the elements of the
vector c are the p unknown best-fit parameters which are to be
estimated.  The chi-squared value is given by \chi^2 = \sum_i w_i (y_i
- \sum_j X_{ij} c_j)^2.

   This formulation can be used for fits to any number of functions
and/or variables by preparing the n-by-p matrix X appropriately.  For
example, to fit to a p-th order polynomial in X, use the following
matrix,

     X_{ij} = x_i^j

where the index i runs over the observations and the index j runs from
0 to p-1.

   To fit to a set of p sinusoidal functions with fixed frequencies
\omega_1, \omega_2, ..., \omega_p, use,

     X_{ij} = sin(\omega_j x_i)

To fit to p independent variables x_1, x_2, ..., x_p, use,

     X_{ij} = x_j(i)

where x_j(i) is the i-th value of the predictor variable x_j.

   The functions described in this section are declared in the header
file `gsl_multifit.h'.

   The solution of the general linear least-squares system requires an
additional working space for intermediate results, such as the singular
value decomposition of the matrix X.

 -- Function: gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * gsl_multifit_linear_alloc
          (size_t N, size_t P)
     This function allocates a workspace for fitting a model to N
     observations using P parameters.

 -- Function: void gsl_multifit_linear_free
          (gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * WORK)
     This function frees the memory associated with the workspace W.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_linear (const gsl_matrix * X, const
          gsl_vector * Y, gsl_vector * C, gsl_matrix * COV, double *
          CHISQ, gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * WORK)
 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_linear_svd (const gsl_matrix * X, const
          gsl_vector * Y, double TOL, size_t * RANK, gsl_vector * C,
          gsl_matrix * COV, double * CHISQ,
          gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * WORK)
     These functions compute the best-fit parameters C of the model y =
     X c for the observations Y and the matrix of predictor variables
     X.  The variance-covariance matrix of the model parameters COV is
     estimated from the scatter of the observations about the best-fit.
     The sum of squares of the residuals from the best-fit, \chi^2, is
     returned in CHISQ. If the coefficient of determination is desired,
     it can be computed from the expression R^2 = 1 - \chi^2 / TSS,
     where the total sum of squares (TSS) of the observations Y may be
     computed from `gsl_stats_tss'.

     The best-fit is found by singular value decomposition of the matrix
     X using the preallocated workspace provided in WORK. The modified
     Golub-Reinsch SVD algorithm is used, with column scaling to
     improve the accuracy of the singular values. Any components which
     have zero singular value (to machine precision) are discarded from
     the fit.  In the second form of the function the components are
     discarded if the ratio of singular values s_i/s_0 falls below the
     user-specified tolerance TOL, and the effective rank is returned
     in RANK.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_wlinear (const gsl_matrix * X, const
          gsl_vector * W, const gsl_vector * Y, gsl_vector * C,
          gsl_matrix * COV, double * CHISQ,
          gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * WORK)
 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_wlinear_svd (const gsl_matrix * X, const
          gsl_vector * W, const gsl_vector * Y, double TOL, size_t *
          RANK, gsl_vector * C, gsl_matrix * COV, double * CHISQ,
          gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * WORK)
     This function computes the best-fit parameters C of the weighted
     model y = X c for the observations Y with weights W and the matrix
     of predictor variables X.  The covariance matrix of the model
     parameters COV is computed with the given weights.  The weighted
     sum of squares of the residuals from the best-fit, \chi^2, is
     returned in CHISQ. If the coefficient of determination is desired,
     it can be computed from the expression R^2 = 1 - \chi^2 / WTSS,
     where the weighted total sum of squares (WTSS) of the observations
     Y may be computed from `gsl_stats_wtss'.

     The best-fit is found by singular value decomposition of the matrix
     X using the preallocated workspace provided in WORK. Any
     components which have zero singular value (to machine precision)
     are discarded from the fit.  In the second form of the function the
     components are discarded if the ratio of singular values s_i/s_0
     falls below the user-specified tolerance TOL, and the effective
     rank is returned in RANK.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_linear_est (const gsl_vector * X, const
          gsl_vector * C, const gsl_matrix * COV, double * Y, double *
          Y_ERR)
     This function uses the best-fit multilinear regression coefficients
     C and their covariance matrix COV to compute the fitted function
     value Y and its standard deviation Y_ERR for the model y = x.c at
     the point X.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_linear_residuals (const gsl_matrix * X,
          const gsl_vector * Y, const gsl_vector * C, gsl_vector * R)
     This function computes the vector of residuals r = y - X c for the
     observations Y, coefficients C and matrix of predictor variables X.


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36.5 Examples
=============

The following program computes a least squares straight-line fit to a
simple dataset, and outputs the best-fit line and its associated one
standard-deviation error bars.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_fit.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       int i, n = 4;
       double x[4] = { 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 };
       double y[4] = {   12,   11,   14,   13 };
       double w[4] = {  0.1,  0.2,  0.3,  0.4 };

       double c0, c1, cov00, cov01, cov11, chisq;

       gsl_fit_wlinear (x, 1, w, 1, y, 1, n,
                        &c0, &c1, &cov00, &cov01, &cov11,
                        &chisq);

       printf ("# best fit: Y = %g + %g X\n", c0, c1);
       printf ("# covariance matrix:\n");
       printf ("# [ %g, %g\n#   %g, %g]\n",
               cov00, cov01, cov01, cov11);
       printf ("# chisq = %g\n", chisq);

       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         printf ("data: %g %g %g\n",
                        x[i], y[i], 1/sqrt(w[i]));

       printf ("\n");

       for (i = -30; i < 130; i++)
         {
           double xf = x[0] + (i/100.0) * (x[n-1] - x[0]);
           double yf, yf_err;

           gsl_fit_linear_est (xf,
                               c0, c1,
                               cov00, cov01, cov11,
                               &yf, &yf_err);

           printf ("fit: %g %g\n", xf, yf);
           printf ("hi : %g %g\n", xf, yf + yf_err);
           printf ("lo : %g %g\n", xf, yf - yf_err);
         }
       return 0;
     }

The following commands extract the data from the output of the program
and display it using the GNU plotutils `graph' utility,

     $ ./demo > tmp
     $ more tmp
     # best fit: Y = -106.6 + 0.06 X
     # covariance matrix:
     # [ 39602, -19.9
     #   -19.9, 0.01]
     # chisq = 0.8

     $ for n in data fit hi lo ;
        do
          grep "^$n" tmp | cut -d: -f2 > $n ;
        done
     $ graph -T X -X x -Y y -y 0 20 -m 0 -S 2 -Ie data
          -S 0 -I a -m 1 fit -m 2 hi -m 2 lo

   The next program performs a quadratic fit y = c_0 + c_1 x + c_2 x^2
to a weighted dataset using the generalised linear fitting function
`gsl_multifit_wlinear'.  The model matrix X for a quadratic fit is
given by,

     X = [ 1   , x_0  , x_0^2 ;
           1   , x_1  , x_1^2 ;
           1   , x_2  , x_2^2 ;
           ... , ...  , ...   ]

where the column of ones corresponds to the constant term c_0.  The two
remaining columns corresponds to the terms c_1 x and c_2 x^2.

   The program reads N lines of data in the format (X, Y, ERR) where
ERR is the error (standard deviation) in the value Y.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_multifit.h>

     int
     main (int argc, char **argv)
     {
       int i, n;
       double xi, yi, ei, chisq;
       gsl_matrix *X, *cov;
       gsl_vector *y, *w, *c;

       if (argc != 2)
         {
           fprintf (stderr,"usage: fit n < data\n");
           exit (-1);
         }

       n = atoi (argv[1]);

       X = gsl_matrix_alloc (n, 3);
       y = gsl_vector_alloc (n);
       w = gsl_vector_alloc (n);

       c = gsl_vector_alloc (3);
       cov = gsl_matrix_alloc (3, 3);

       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         {
           int count = fscanf (stdin, "%lg %lg %lg",
                               &xi, &yi, &ei);

           if (count != 3)
             {
               fprintf (stderr, "error reading file\n");
               exit (-1);
             }

           printf ("%g %g +/- %g\n", xi, yi, ei);

           gsl_matrix_set (X, i, 0, 1.0);
           gsl_matrix_set (X, i, 1, xi);
           gsl_matrix_set (X, i, 2, xi*xi);

           gsl_vector_set (y, i, yi);
           gsl_vector_set (w, i, 1.0/(ei*ei));
         }

       {
         gsl_multifit_linear_workspace * work
           = gsl_multifit_linear_alloc (n, 3);
         gsl_multifit_wlinear (X, w, y, c, cov,
                               &chisq, work);
         gsl_multifit_linear_free (work);
       }

     #define C(i) (gsl_vector_get(c,(i)))
     #define COV(i,j) (gsl_matrix_get(cov,(i),(j)))

       {
         printf ("# best fit: Y = %g + %g X + %g X^2\n",
                 C(0), C(1), C(2));

         printf ("# covariance matrix:\n");
         printf ("[ %+.5e, %+.5e, %+.5e  \n",
                    COV(0,0), COV(0,1), COV(0,2));
         printf ("  %+.5e, %+.5e, %+.5e  \n",
                    COV(1,0), COV(1,1), COV(1,2));
         printf ("  %+.5e, %+.5e, %+.5e ]\n",
                    COV(2,0), COV(2,1), COV(2,2));
         printf ("# chisq = %g\n", chisq);
       }

       gsl_matrix_free (X);
       gsl_vector_free (y);
       gsl_vector_free (w);
       gsl_vector_free (c);
       gsl_matrix_free (cov);

       return 0;
     }

A suitable set of data for fitting can be generated using the following
program.  It outputs a set of points with gaussian errors from the curve
y = e^x in the region 0 < x < 2.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <math.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       double x;
       const gsl_rng_type * T;
       gsl_rng * r;

       gsl_rng_env_setup ();

       T = gsl_rng_default;
       r = gsl_rng_alloc (T);

       for (x = 0.1; x < 2; x+= 0.1)
         {
           double y0 = exp (x);
           double sigma = 0.1 * y0;
           double dy = gsl_ran_gaussian (r, sigma);

           printf ("%g %g %g\n", x, y0 + dy, sigma);
         }

       gsl_rng_free(r);

       return 0;
     }

The data can be prepared by running the resulting executable program,

     $ ./generate > exp.dat
     $ more exp.dat
     0.1 0.97935 0.110517
     0.2 1.3359 0.12214
     0.3 1.52573 0.134986
     0.4 1.60318 0.149182
     0.5 1.81731 0.164872
     0.6 1.92475 0.182212
     ....

To fit the data use the previous program, with the number of data points
given as the first argument.  In this case there are 19 data points.

     $ ./fit 19 < exp.dat
     0.1 0.97935 +/- 0.110517
     0.2 1.3359 +/- 0.12214
     ...
     # best fit: Y = 1.02318 + 0.956201 X + 0.876796 X^2
     # covariance matrix:
     [ +1.25612e-02, -3.64387e-02, +1.94389e-02
       -3.64387e-02, +1.42339e-01, -8.48761e-02
       +1.94389e-02, -8.48761e-02, +5.60243e-02 ]
     # chisq = 23.0987

The parameters of the quadratic fit match the coefficients of the
expansion of e^x, taking into account the errors on the parameters and
the O(x^3) difference between the exponential and quadratic functions
for the larger values of x.  The errors on the parameters are given by
the square-root of the corresponding diagonal elements of the
covariance matrix.  The chi-squared per degree of freedom is 1.4,
indicating a reasonable fit to the data.


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36.6 References and Further Reading
===================================

A summary of formulas and techniques for least squares fitting can be
found in the "Statistics" chapter of the Annual Review of Particle
Physics prepared by the Particle Data Group,

     `Review of Particle Properties', R.M. Barnett et al., Physical
     Review D54, 1 (1996) `http://pdg.lbl.gov/'

The Review of Particle Physics is available online at the website given
above.

   The tests used to prepare these routines are based on the NIST
Statistical Reference Datasets. The datasets and their documentation are
available from NIST at the following website,

           `http://www.nist.gov/itl/div898/strd/index.html'.


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37 Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting
**********************************

This chapter describes functions for multidimensional nonlinear
least-squares fitting.  The library provides low level components for a
variety of iterative solvers and convergence tests.  These can be
combined by the user to achieve the desired solution, with full access
to the intermediate steps of the iteration.  Each class of methods uses
the same framework, so that you can switch between solvers at runtime
without needing to recompile your program.  Each instance of a solver
keeps track of its own state, allowing the solvers to be used in
multi-threaded programs.

   The header file `gsl_multifit_nlin.h' contains prototypes for the
multidimensional nonlinear fitting functions and related declarations.

* Menu:

* Overview of Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting::
* Initializing the Nonlinear Least-Squares Solver::
* Providing the Function to be Minimized::
* Iteration of the Minimization Algorithm::
* Search Stopping Parameters for Minimization Algorithms::
* Minimization Algorithms using Derivatives::
* Minimization Algorithms without Derivatives::
* Computing the covariance matrix of best fit parameters::
* Example programs for Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting::
* References and Further Reading for Nonlinear Least-Squares Fitting::


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37.1 Overview
=============

The problem of multidimensional nonlinear least-squares fitting requires
the minimization of the squared residuals of n functions, f_i, in p
parameters, x_i,

     \Phi(x) = (1/2) || F(x) ||^2
             = (1/2) \sum_{i=1}^{n} f_i(x_1, ..., x_p)^2

All algorithms proceed from an initial guess using the linearization,

     \psi(p) = || F(x+p) || ~=~ || F(x) + J p ||

where x is the initial point, p is the proposed step and J is the
Jacobian matrix J_{ij} = d f_i / d x_j.  Additional strategies are used
to enlarge the region of convergence.  These include requiring a
decrease in the norm ||F|| on each step or using a trust region to
avoid steps which fall outside the linear regime.

   To perform a weighted least-squares fit of a nonlinear model Y(x,t)
to data (t_i, y_i) with independent gaussian errors \sigma_i, use
function components of the following form,

     f_i = (Y(x, t_i) - y_i) / \sigma_i

Note that the model parameters are denoted by x in this chapter since
the non-linear least-squares algorithms are described geometrically
(i.e. finding the minimum of a surface).  The independent variable of
any data to be fitted is denoted by t.

   With the definition above the Jacobian is J_{ij} =(1 / \sigma_i)  d
Y_i / d x_j, where Y_i = Y(x,t_i).


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37.2 Initializing the Solver
============================

 -- Function: gsl_multifit_fsolver * gsl_multifit_fsolver_alloc (const
          gsl_multifit_fsolver_type * T, size_t N, size_t P)
     This function returns a pointer to a newly allocated instance of a
     solver of type T for N observations and P parameters.  The number
     of observations N must be greater than or equal to parameters P.

     If there is insufficient memory to create the solver then the
     function returns a null pointer and the error handler is invoked
     with an error code of `GSL_ENOMEM'.

 -- Function: gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_alloc
          (const gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_type * T, size_t N, size_t P)
     This function returns a pointer to a newly allocated instance of a
     derivative solver of type T for N observations and P parameters.
     For example, the following code creates an instance of a
     Levenberg-Marquardt solver for 100 data points and 3 parameters,

          const gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_type * T
              = gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_lmder;
          gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * s
              = gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_alloc (T, 100, 3);

     The number of observations N must be greater than or equal to
     parameters P.

     If there is insufficient memory to create the solver then the
     function returns a null pointer and the error handler is invoked
     with an error code of `GSL_ENOMEM'.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_fsolver_set (gsl_multifit_fsolver * S,
          gsl_multifit_function * F, const gsl_vector * X)
     This function initializes, or reinitializes, an existing solver S
     to use the function F and the initial guess X.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_set (gsl_multifit_fdfsolver *
          S, gsl_multifit_function_fdf * FDF, const gsl_vector * X)
     This function initializes, or reinitializes, an existing solver S
     to use the function and derivative FDF and the initial guess X.

 -- Function: void gsl_multifit_fsolver_free (gsl_multifit_fsolver * S)
 -- Function: void gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_free (gsl_multifit_fdfsolver
          * S)
     These functions free all the memory associated with the solver S.

 -- Function: const char * gsl_multifit_fsolver_name (const
          gsl_multifit_fsolver * S)
 -- Function: const char * gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_name (const
          gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * S)
     These functions return a pointer to the name of the solver.  For
     example,

          printf ("s is a '%s' solver\n",
                  gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_name (s));

     would print something like `s is a 'lmder' solver'.


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37.3 Providing the Function to be Minimized
===========================================

You must provide n functions of p variables for the minimization
algorithms to operate on.  In order to allow for arbitrary parameters
the functions are defined by the following data types:

 -- Data Type: gsl_multifit_function
     This data type defines a general system of functions with
     arbitrary parameters.

    `int (* f) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, gsl_vector * F)'
          this function should store the vector result f(x,params) in F
          for argument X and arbitrary parameters PARAMS, returning an
          appropriate error code if the function cannot be computed.

    `size_t n'
          the number of functions, i.e. the number of components of the
          vector F.

    `size_t p'
          the number of independent variables, i.e. the number of
          components of the vector X.

    `void * params'
          a pointer to the arbitrary parameters of the function.

 -- Data Type: gsl_multifit_function_fdf
     This data type defines a general system of functions with
     arbitrary parameters and the corresponding Jacobian matrix of
     derivatives,

    `int (* f) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, gsl_vector * F)'
          this function should store the vector result f(x,params) in F
          for argument X and arbitrary parameters PARAMS, returning an
          appropriate error code if the function cannot be computed.

    `int (* df) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, gsl_matrix * J)'
          this function should store the N-by-P matrix result J_ij = d
          f_i(x,params) / d x_j in J for argument X and arbitrary
          parameters PARAMS, returning an appropriate error code if the
          function cannot be computed.

    `int (* fdf) (const gsl_vector * X, void * PARAMS, gsl_vector * F, gsl_matrix * J)'
          This function should set the values of the F and J as above,
          for arguments X and arbitrary parameters PARAMS.  This
          function provides an optimization of the separate functions
          for f(x) and J(x)--it is always faster to compute the
          function and its derivative at the same time.

    `size_t n'
          the number of functions, i.e. the number of components of the
          vector F.

    `size_t p'
          the number of independent variables, i.e. the number of
          components of the vector X.

    `void * params'
          a pointer to the arbitrary parameters of the function.

   Note that when fitting a non-linear model against experimental data,
the data is passed to the functions above using the PARAMS argument and
the trial best-fit parameters through the X argument.


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37.4 Iteration
==============

The following functions drive the iteration of each algorithm.  Each
function performs one iteration to update the state of any solver of the
corresponding type.  The same functions work for all solvers so that
different methods can be substituted at runtime without modifications to
the code.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_fsolver_iterate (gsl_multifit_fsolver *
          S)
 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_iterate
          (gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * S)
     These functions perform a single iteration of the solver S.  If
     the iteration encounters an unexpected problem then an error code
     will be returned.  The solver maintains a current estimate of the
     best-fit parameters at all times.

   The solver struct S contains the following entries, which can be
used to track the progress of the solution:

`gsl_vector * x'
     The current position.

`gsl_vector * f'
     The function value at the current position.

`gsl_vector * dx'
     The difference between the current position and the previous
     position, i.e. the last step, taken as a vector.

`gsl_matrix * J'
     The Jacobian matrix at the current position (for the
     `gsl_multifit_fdfsolver' struct only)

   The best-fit information also can be accessed with the following
auxiliary functions,

 -- Function: gsl_vector * gsl_multifit_fsolver_position (const
          gsl_multifit_fsolver * S)
 -- Function: gsl_vector * gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_position (const
          gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * S)
     These functions return the current position (i.e. best-fit
     parameters) `s->x' of the solver S.


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37.5 Search Stopping Parameters
===============================

A minimization procedure should stop when one of the following
conditions is true:

   * A minimum has been found to within the user-specified precision.

   * A user-specified maximum number of iterations has been reached.

   * An error has occurred.

The handling of these conditions is under user control.  The functions
below allow the user to test the current estimate of the best-fit
parameters in several standard ways.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_test_delta (const gsl_vector * DX, const
          gsl_vector * X, double EPSABS, double EPSREL)
     This function tests for the convergence of the sequence by
     comparing the last step DX with the absolute error EPSABS and
     relative error EPSREL to the current position X.  The test returns
     `GSL_SUCCESS' if the following condition is achieved,

          |dx_i| < epsabs + epsrel |x_i|

     for each component of X and returns `GSL_CONTINUE' otherwise.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_test_gradient (const gsl_vector * G,
          double EPSABS)
     This function tests the residual gradient G against the absolute
     error bound EPSABS.  Mathematically, the gradient should be
     exactly zero at the minimum. The test returns `GSL_SUCCESS' if the
     following condition is achieved,

          \sum_i |g_i| < epsabs

     and returns `GSL_CONTINUE' otherwise.  This criterion is suitable
     for situations where the precise location of the minimum, x, is
     unimportant provided a value can be found where the gradient is
     small enough.

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_gradient (const gsl_matrix * J, const
          gsl_vector * F, gsl_vector * G)
     This function computes the gradient G of \Phi(x) = (1/2)
     ||F(x)||^2 from the Jacobian matrix J and the function values F,
     using the formula g = J^T f.


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37.6 Minimization Algorithms using Derivatives
==============================================

The minimization algorithms described in this section make use of both
the function and its derivative.  They require an initial guess for the
location of the minimum. There is no absolute guarantee of
convergence--the function must be suitable for this technique and the
initial guess must be sufficiently close to the minimum for it to work.

 -- Derivative Solver: gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_lmsder
     This is a robust and efficient version of the Levenberg-Marquardt
     algorithm as implemented in the scaled LMDER routine in MINPACK.
     Minpack was written by Jorge J. More', Burton S. Garbow and
     Kenneth E. Hillstrom.

     The algorithm uses a generalized trust region to keep each step
     under control.  In order to be accepted a proposed new position x'
     must satisfy the condition |D (x' - x)| < \delta, where D is a
     diagonal scaling matrix and \delta is the size of the trust
     region.  The components of D are computed internally, using the
     column norms of the Jacobian to estimate the sensitivity of the
     residual to each component of x.  This improves the behavior of the
     algorithm for badly scaled functions.

     On each iteration the algorithm attempts to minimize the linear
     system |F + J p| subject to the constraint |D p| < \Delta.  The
     solution to this constrained linear system is found using the
     Levenberg-Marquardt method.

     The proposed step is now tested by evaluating the function at the
     resulting point, x'.  If the step reduces the norm of the function
     sufficiently, and follows the predicted behavior of the function
     within the trust region, then it is accepted and the size of the
     trust region is increased.  If the proposed step fails to improve
     the solution, or differs significantly from the expected behavior
     within the trust region, then the size of the trust region is
     decreased and another trial step is computed.

     The algorithm also monitors the progress of the solution and
     returns an error if the changes in the solution are smaller than
     the machine precision.  The possible error codes are,

    `GSL_ETOLF'
          the decrease in the function falls below machine precision

    `GSL_ETOLX'
          the change in the position vector falls below machine
          precision

    `GSL_ETOLG'
          the norm of the gradient, relative to the norm of the
          function, falls below machine precision

    `GSL_CONTINUE'
          the routine has made 10 or more attempts to find a suitable
          trial step without success (but subsequent calls can be made
          to continue the search).

     These error codes indicate that further iterations will be
     unlikely to change the solution from its current value.

 -- Derivative Solver: gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_lmder
     This is an unscaled version of the LMDER algorithm.  The elements
     of the diagonal scaling matrix D are set to 1.  This algorithm may
     be useful in circumstances where the scaled version of LMDER
     converges too slowly, or the function is already scaled
     appropriately.


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37.7 Minimization Algorithms without Derivatives
================================================

There are no algorithms implemented in this section at the moment.


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37.8 Computing the covariance matrix of best fit parameters
===========================================================

 -- Function: int gsl_multifit_covar (const gsl_matrix * J, double
          EPSREL, gsl_matrix * COVAR)
     This function uses the Jacobian matrix J to compute the covariance
     matrix of the best-fit parameters, COVAR.  The parameter EPSREL is
     used to remove linear-dependent columns when J is rank deficient.

     The covariance matrix is given by,

          covar = (J^T J)^{-1}

     and is computed by QR decomposition of J with column-pivoting.  Any
     columns of R which satisfy

          |R_{kk}| <= epsrel |R_{11}|

     are considered linearly-dependent and are excluded from the
     covariance matrix (the corresponding rows and columns of the
     covariance matrix are set to zero).

     If the minimisation uses the weighted least-squares function f_i =
     (Y(x, t_i) - y_i) / \sigma_i then the covariance matrix above
     gives the statistical error on the best-fit parameters resulting
     from the gaussian errors \sigma_i on the underlying data y_i.
     This can be verified from the relation \delta f = J \delta c and
     the fact that the fluctuations in f from the data y_i are
     normalised by \sigma_i and so satisfy <\delta f \delta f^T> = I.

     For an unweighted least-squares function f_i = (Y(x, t_i) - y_i)
     the covariance matrix above should be multiplied by the variance
     of the residuals about the best-fit \sigma^2 = \sum (y_i -
     Y(x,t_i))^2 / (n-p) to give the variance-covariance matrix
     \sigma^2 C.  This estimates the statistical error on the best-fit
     parameters from the scatter of the underlying data.

     For more information about covariance matrices see *note Fitting
     Overview::.


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37.9 Examples
=============

The following example program fits a weighted exponential model with
background to experimental data, Y = A \exp(-\lambda t) + b. The first
part of the program sets up the functions `expb_f' and `expb_df' to
calculate the model and its Jacobian.  The appropriate fitting function
is given by,

     f_i = ((A \exp(-\lambda t_i) + b) - y_i)/\sigma_i

where we have chosen t_i = i.  The Jacobian matrix J is the derivative
of these functions with respect to the three parameters (A, \lambda,
b).  It is given by,

     J_{ij} = d f_i / d x_j

where x_0 = A, x_1 = \lambda and x_2 = b.

     /* expfit.c -- model functions for exponential + background */

     struct data {
       size_t n;
       double * y;
       double * sigma;
     };

     int
     expb_f (const gsl_vector * x, void *data,
             gsl_vector * f)
     {
       size_t n = ((struct data *)data)->n;
       double *y = ((struct data *)data)->y;
       double *sigma = ((struct data *) data)->sigma;

       double A = gsl_vector_get (x, 0);
       double lambda = gsl_vector_get (x, 1);
       double b = gsl_vector_get (x, 2);

       size_t i;

       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         {
           /* Model Yi = A * exp(-lambda * i) + b */
           double t = i;
           double Yi = A * exp (-lambda * t) + b;
           gsl_vector_set (f, i, (Yi - y[i])/sigma[i]);
         }

       return GSL_SUCCESS;
     }

     int
     expb_df (const gsl_vector * x, void *data,
              gsl_matrix * J)
     {
       size_t n = ((struct data *)data)->n;
       double *sigma = ((struct data *) data)->sigma;

       double A = gsl_vector_get (x, 0);
       double lambda = gsl_vector_get (x, 1);

       size_t i;

       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         {
           /* Jacobian matrix J(i,j) = dfi / dxj, */
           /* where fi = (Yi - yi)/sigma[i],      */
           /*       Yi = A * exp(-lambda * i) + b  */
           /* and the xj are the parameters (A,lambda,b) */
           double t = i;
           double s = sigma[i];
           double e = exp(-lambda * t);
           gsl_matrix_set (J, i, 0, e/s);
           gsl_matrix_set (J, i, 1, -t * A * e/s);
           gsl_matrix_set (J, i, 2, 1/s);
         }
       return GSL_SUCCESS;
     }

     int
     expb_fdf (const gsl_vector * x, void *data,
               gsl_vector * f, gsl_matrix * J)
     {
       expb_f (x, data, f);
       expb_df (x, data, J);

       return GSL_SUCCESS;
     }

The main part of the program sets up a Levenberg-Marquardt solver and
some simulated random data. The data uses the known parameters
(1.0,5.0,0.1) combined with gaussian noise (standard deviation = 0.1)
over a range of 40 timesteps. The initial guess for the parameters is
chosen as (0.0, 1.0, 0.0).

     #include <stdlib.h>
     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_vector.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_blas.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_multifit_nlin.h>

     #include "expfit.c"

     #define N 40

     void print_state (size_t iter, gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * s);

     int
     main (void)
     {
       const gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_type *T;
       gsl_multifit_fdfsolver *s;
       int status;
       unsigned int i, iter = 0;
       const size_t n = N;
       const size_t p = 3;

       gsl_matrix *covar = gsl_matrix_alloc (p, p);
       double y[N], sigma[N];
       struct data d = { n, y, sigma};
       gsl_multifit_function_fdf f;
       double x_init[3] = { 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
       gsl_vector_view x = gsl_vector_view_array (x_init, p);
       const gsl_rng_type * type;
       gsl_rng * r;

       gsl_rng_env_setup();

       type = gsl_rng_default;
       r = gsl_rng_alloc (type);

       f.f = &expb_f;
       f.df = &expb_df;
       f.fdf = &expb_fdf;
       f.n = n;
       f.p = p;
       f.params = &d;

       /* This is the data to be fitted */

       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
         {
           double t = i;
           y[i] = 1.0 + 5 * exp (-0.1 * t)
                      + gsl_ran_gaussian (r, 0.1);
           sigma[i] = 0.1;
           printf ("data: %u %g %g\n", i, y[i], sigma[i]);
         };

       T = gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_lmsder;
       s = gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_alloc (T, n, p);
       gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_set (s, &f, &x.vector);

       print_state (iter, s);

       do
         {
           iter++;
           status = gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_iterate (s);

           printf ("status = %s\n", gsl_strerror (status));

           print_state (iter, s);

           if (status)
             break;

           status = gsl_multifit_test_delta (s->dx, s->x,
                                             1e-4, 1e-4);
         }
       while (status == GSL_CONTINUE && iter < 500);

       gsl_multifit_covar (s->J, 0.0, covar);

     #define FIT(i) gsl_vector_get(s->x, i)
     #define ERR(i) sqrt(gsl_matrix_get(covar,i,i))

       {
         double chi = gsl_blas_dnrm2(s->f);
         double dof = n - p;
         double c = GSL_MAX_DBL(1, chi / sqrt(dof));

         printf("chisq/dof = %g\n",  pow(chi, 2.0) / dof);

         printf ("A      = %.5f +/- %.5f\n", FIT(0), c*ERR(0));
         printf ("lambda = %.5f +/- %.5f\n", FIT(1), c*ERR(1));
         printf ("b      = %.5f +/- %.5f\n", FIT(2), c*ERR(2));
       }

       printf ("status = %s\n", gsl_strerror (status));

       gsl_multifit_fdfsolver_free (s);
       gsl_matrix_free (covar);
       gsl_rng_free (r);
       return 0;
     }

     void
     print_state (size_t iter, gsl_multifit_fdfsolver * s)
     {
       printf ("iter: %3u x = % 15.8f % 15.8f % 15.8f "
               "|f(x)| = %g\n",
               iter,
               gsl_vector_get (s->x, 0),
               gsl_vector_get (s->x, 1),
               gsl_vector_get (s->x, 2),
               gsl_blas_dnrm2 (s->f));
     }

The iteration terminates when the change in x is smaller than 0.0001, as
both an absolute and relative change.  Here are the results of running
the program:

     iter: 0 x=1.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 |f(x)|=117.349
     status=success
     iter: 1 x=1.64659312 0.01814772 0.64659312 |f(x)|=76.4578
     status=success
     iter: 2 x=2.85876037 0.08092095 1.44796363 |f(x)|=37.6838
     status=success
     iter: 3 x=4.94899512 0.11942928 1.09457665 |f(x)|=9.58079
     status=success
     iter: 4 x=5.02175572 0.10287787 1.03388354 |f(x)|=5.63049
     status=success
     iter: 5 x=5.04520433 0.10405523 1.01941607 |f(x)|=5.44398
     status=success
     iter: 6 x=5.04535782 0.10404906 1.01924871 |f(x)|=5.44397
     chisq/dof = 0.800996
     A      = 5.04536 +/- 0.06028
     lambda = 0.10405 +/- 0.00316
     b      = 1.01925 +/- 0.03782
     status = success

The approximate values of the parameters are found correctly, and the
chi-squared value indicates a good fit (the chi-squared per degree of
freedom is approximately 1).  In this case the errors on the parameters
can be estimated from the square roots of the diagonal elements of the
covariance matrix.

   If the chi-squared value shows a poor fit (i.e. chi^2/dof >> 1) then
the error estimates obtained from the covariance matrix will be too
small.  In the example program the error estimates are multiplied by
\sqrt{\chi^2/dof} in this case, a common way of increasing the errors
for a poor fit.  Note that a poor fit will result from the use an
inappropriate model, and the scaled error estimates may then be outside
the range of validity for gaussian errors.


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37.10 References and Further Reading
====================================

The MINPACK algorithm is described in the following article,

     J.J. More', `The Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm: Implementation and
     Theory', Lecture Notes in Mathematics, v630 (1978), ed G. Watson.

The following paper is also relevant to the algorithms described in this
section,

     J.J. More', B.S. Garbow, K.E. Hillstrom, "Testing Unconstrained
     Optimization Software", ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software,
     Vol 7, No 1 (1981), p 17-41.


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38 Basis Splines
****************

This chapter describes functions for the computation of smoothing basis
splines (B-splines). A smoothing spline differs from an interpolating
spline in that the resulting curve is not required to pass through each
datapoint.  *Note Interpolation::, for information about interpolating
splines.

   The header file `gsl_bspline.h' contains the prototypes for the
bspline functions and related declarations.

* Menu:

* Overview of B-splines::
* Initializing the B-splines solver::
* Constructing the knots vector::
* Evaluation of B-spline basis functions::
* Evaluation of B-spline basis function derivatives::
* Obtaining Greville abscissae for B-spline basis functions::
* Example programs for B-splines::
* References and Further Reading::


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38.1 Overview
=============

B-splines are commonly used as basis functions to fit smoothing curves
to large data sets. To do this, the abscissa axis is broken up into
some number of intervals, where the endpoints of each interval are
called "breakpoints". These breakpoints are then converted to "knots"
by imposing various continuity and smoothness conditions at each
interface. Given a nondecreasing knot vector t = {t_0, t_1, ...,
t_{n+k-1}}, the n basis splines of order k are defined by

     B_(i,1)(x) = (1, t_i <= x < t_(i+1)
                  (0, else
     B_(i,k)(x) = [(x - t_i)/(t_(i+k-1) - t_i)] B_(i,k-1)(x)
                   + [(t_(i+k) - x)/(t_(i+k) - t_(i+1))] B_(i+1,k-1)(x)

for i = 0, ..., n-1. The common case of cubic B-splines is given by k =
4. The above recurrence relation can be evaluated in a numerically
stable way by the de Boor algorithm.

   If we define appropriate knots on an interval [a,b] then the
B-spline basis functions form a complete set on that interval.
Therefore we can expand a smoothing function as

     f(x) = \sum_i c_i B_(i,k)(x)

given enough (x_j, f(x_j)) data pairs. The coefficients c_i can be
readily obtained from a least-squares fit.


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38.2 Initializing the B-splines solver
======================================

The computation of B-spline functions requires a preallocated workspace
of type `gsl_bspline_workspace'. If B-spline derivatives are also
required, an additional `gsl_bspline_deriv_workspace' is needed.

 -- Function: gsl_bspline_workspace * gsl_bspline_alloc (const size_t
          K, const size_t NBREAK)
     This function allocates a workspace for computing B-splines of
     order K. The number of breakpoints is given by NBREAK. This leads
     to n = nbreak + k - 2 basis functions. Cubic B-splines are
     specified by k = 4. The size of the workspace is O(5k + nbreak).

 -- Function: void gsl_bspline_free (gsl_bspline_workspace * W)
     This function frees the memory associated with the workspace W.

 -- Function: gsl_bspline_deriv_workspace * gsl_bspline_deriv_alloc
          (const size_t K)
     This function allocates a workspace for computing the derivatives
     of a B-spline basis function of order K.  The size of the workspace
     is O(2k^2).

 -- Function: void gsl_bspline_deriv_free (gsl_bspline_deriv_workspace
          * W)
     This function frees the memory associated with the derivative
     workspace W.


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38.3 Constructing the knots vector
==================================

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_knots (const gsl_vector * BREAKPTS,
          gsl_bspline_workspace * W)
     This function computes the knots associated with the given
     breakpoints and stores them internally in `w->knots'.

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_knots_uniform (const double A, const
          double B, gsl_bspline_workspace * W)
     This function assumes uniformly spaced breakpoints on [a,b] and
     constructs the corresponding knot vector using the previously
     specified NBREAK parameter. The knots are stored in `w->knots'.


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38.4 Evaluation of B-splines
============================

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_eval (const double X, gsl_vector * B,
          gsl_bspline_workspace * W)
     This function evaluates all B-spline basis functions at the
     position X and stores them in the vector B, so that the i-th
     element is B_i(x). The vector B must be of length n = nbreak + k -
     2.  This value may also be obtained by calling
     `gsl_bspline_ncoeffs'.  Computing all the basis functions at once
     is more efficient than computing them individually, due to the
     nature of the defining recurrence relation.

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_eval_nonzero (const double X, gsl_vector
          * BK, size_t * ISTART, size_t * IEND, gsl_bspline_workspace *
          W)
     This function evaluates all potentially nonzero B-spline basis
     functions at the position X and stores them in the vector BK, so
     that the i-th element is B_(istart+i)(x).  The last element of BK
     is B_(iend)(x).  The vector BK must be of length k.  By returning
     only the nonzero basis functions, this function allows quantities
     involving linear combinations of the B_i(x) to be computed without
     unnecessary terms (such linear combinations occur, for example,
     when evaluating an interpolated function).

 -- Function: size_t gsl_bspline_ncoeffs (gsl_bspline_workspace * W)
     This function returns the number of B-spline coefficients given by
     n = nbreak + k - 2.


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38.5 Evaluation of B-spline derivatives
=======================================

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_deriv_eval (const double X, const size_t
          NDERIV, gsl_matrix * DB, gsl_bspline_workspace * W,
          gsl_bspline_deriv_workspace * DW)
     This function evaluates all B-spline basis function derivatives of
     orders 0 through nderiv (inclusive) at the position X and stores
     them in the matrix DB.  The (i,j)-th element of DB is
     d^jB_i(x)/dx^j.  The matrix DB must be of size n = nbreak + k - 2
     by nderiv + 1.  The value n may also be obtained by calling
     `gsl_bspline_ncoeffs'.  Note that function evaluations are
     included as the zeroth order derivatives in DB.  Computing all the
     basis function derivatives at once is more efficient than
     computing them individually, due to the nature of the defining
     recurrence relation.

 -- Function: int gsl_bspline_deriv_eval_nonzero (const double X, const
          size_t NDERIV, gsl_matrix * DB, size_t * ISTART, size_t *
          IEND, gsl_bspline_workspace * W, gsl_bspline_deriv_workspace
          * DW)
     This function evaluates all potentially nonzero B-spline basis
     function derivatives of orders 0 through nderiv (inclusive) at the
     position X and stores them in the matrix DB.  The (i,j)-th element
     of DB is d^j/dx^j B_(istart+i)(x).  The last row of DB contains
     d^j/dx^j B_(iend)(x).  The matrix DB must be of size k by at least
     nderiv + 1.  Note that function evaluations are included as the
     zeroth order derivatives in DB.  By returning only the nonzero
     basis functions, this function allows quantities involving linear
     combinations of the B_i(x) and their derivatives to be computed
     without unnecessary terms.


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38.6 Greville abscissae
=======================

The Greville abscissae are defined to be the mean location of k-1
consecutive knots in the knot vector for each basis spline function of
order k.  Note that the first and last knots in the knot vector are
excluded when applying this definition; consequently there are
`gsl_bspline_ncoeffs' Greville abscissa.  They are often used in
B-spline collocation applications and may also be called
Marsden-Schoenberg points.

   The above definition is undefined for k=1.  The implementation
chooses to return interval midpoints in the degenerate k=1 case.

 -- Function: double gsl_bspline_greville_abscissa (size_t I,
          gsl_bspline_workspace *W);
     Returns the location of the i-th Greville abscissa for the given
     spline basis.  Here, i = 0, ..., `gsl_bspline_ncoeffs(w)'.


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38.7 Examples
=============

The following program computes a linear least squares fit to data using
cubic B-spline basis functions with uniform breakpoints. The data is
generated from the curve y(x) = \cos(x) \exp(-x/10) on the interval [0,
15] with gaussian noise added.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <stdlib.h>
     #include <math.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_bspline.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_multifit.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_statistics.h>

     /* number of data points to fit */
     #define N        200

     /* number of fit coefficients */
     #define NCOEFFS  12

     /* nbreak = ncoeffs + 2 - k = ncoeffs - 2 since k = 4 */
     #define NBREAK   (NCOEFFS - 2)

     int
     main (void)
     {
       const size_t n = N;
       const size_t ncoeffs = NCOEFFS;
       const size_t nbreak = NBREAK;
       size_t i, j;
       gsl_bspline_workspace *bw;
       gsl_vector *B;
       double dy;
       gsl_rng *r;
       gsl_vector *c, *w;
       gsl_vector *x, *y;
       gsl_matrix *X, *cov;
       gsl_multifit_linear_workspace *mw;
       double chisq, Rsq, dof, tss;

       gsl_rng_env_setup();
       r = gsl_rng_alloc(gsl_rng_default);

       /* allocate a cubic bspline workspace (k = 4) */
       bw = gsl_bspline_alloc(4, nbreak);
       B = gsl_vector_alloc(ncoeffs);

       x = gsl_vector_alloc(n);
       y = gsl_vector_alloc(n);
       X = gsl_matrix_alloc(n, ncoeffs);
       c = gsl_vector_alloc(ncoeffs);
       w = gsl_vector_alloc(n);
       cov = gsl_matrix_alloc(ncoeffs, ncoeffs);
       mw = gsl_multifit_linear_alloc(n, ncoeffs);

       printf("#m=0,S=0\n");
       /* this is the data to be fitted */
       for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
         {
           double sigma;
           double xi = (15.0 / (N - 1)) * i;
           double yi = cos(xi) * exp(-0.1 * xi);

           sigma = 0.1 * yi;
           dy = gsl_ran_gaussian(r, sigma);
           yi += dy;

           gsl_vector_set(x, i, xi);
           gsl_vector_set(y, i, yi);
           gsl_vector_set(w, i, 1.0 / (sigma * sigma));

           printf("%f %f\n", xi, yi);
         }

       /* use uniform breakpoints on [0, 15] */
       gsl_bspline_knots_uniform(0.0, 15.0, bw);

       /* construct the fit matrix X */
       for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
         {
           double xi = gsl_vector_get(x, i);

           /* compute B_j(xi) for all j */
           gsl_bspline_eval(xi, B, bw);

           /* fill in row i of X */
           for (j = 0; j < ncoeffs; ++j)
             {
               double Bj = gsl_vector_get(B, j);
               gsl_matrix_set(X, i, j, Bj);
             }
         }

       /* do the fit */
       gsl_multifit_wlinear(X, w, y, c, cov, &chisq, mw);

       dof = n - ncoeffs;
       tss = gsl_stats_wtss(w->data, 1, y->data, 1, y->size);
       Rsq = 1.0 - chisq / tss;

       fprintf(stderr, "chisq/dof = %e, Rsq = %f\n",
                        chisq / dof, Rsq);

       /* output the smoothed curve */
       {
         double xi, yi, yerr;

         printf("#m=1,S=0\n");
         for (xi = 0.0; xi < 15.0; xi += 0.1)
           {
             gsl_bspline_eval(xi, B, bw);
             gsl_multifit_linear_est(B, c, cov, &yi, &yerr);
             printf("%f %f\n", xi, yi);
           }
       }

       gsl_rng_free(r);
       gsl_bspline_free(bw);
       gsl_vector_free(B);
       gsl_vector_free(x);
       gsl_vector_free(y);
       gsl_matrix_free(X);
       gsl_vector_free(c);
       gsl_vector_free(w);
       gsl_matrix_free(cov);
       gsl_multifit_linear_free(mw);

       return 0;
     } /* main() */

   The output can be plotted with GNU `graph'.

     $ ./a.out > bspline.dat
     chisq/dof = 1.118217e+00, Rsq = 0.989771
     $ graph -T ps -X x -Y y -x 0 15 -y -1 1.3 < bspline.dat > bspline.ps


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38.8 References and Further Reading
===================================

Further information on the algorithms described in this section can be
found in the following book,

     C. de Boor, `A Practical Guide to Splines' (1978), Springer-Verlag,
     ISBN 0-387-90356-9.

   Further information of Greville abscissae and B-spline collocation
can be found in the following paper,

     Richard W. Johnson, Higher order B-spline collocation at the
     Greville abscissae.  `Applied Numerical Mathematics'. vol. 52,
     2005, 63-75.

A large collection of B-spline routines is available in the PPPACK
library available at `http://www.netlib.org/pppack', which is also part
of SLATEC.


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39 Physical Constants
*********************

This chapter describes macros for the values of physical constants, such
as the speed of light, c, and gravitational constant, G.  The values
are available in different unit systems, including the standard MKSA
system (meters, kilograms, seconds, amperes) and the CGSM system
(centimeters, grams, seconds, gauss), which is commonly used in
Astronomy.

   The definitions of constants in the MKSA system are available in the
file `gsl_const_mksa.h'.  The constants in the CGSM system are defined
in `gsl_const_cgsm.h'.  Dimensionless constants, such as the fine
structure constant, which are pure numbers are defined in
`gsl_const_num.h'.

* Menu:

* Fundamental Constants::
* Astronomy and Astrophysics::
* Atomic and Nuclear Physics::
* Measurement of Time::
* Imperial Units ::
* Speed and Nautical Units::
* Printers Units::
* Volume Area and Length::
* Mass and Weight ::
* Thermal Energy and Power::
* Pressure::
* Viscosity::
* Light and Illumination::
* Radioactivity::
* Force and Energy::
* Prefixes::
* Physical Constant Examples::
* Physical Constant References and Further Reading::

   The full list of constants is described briefly below.  Consult the
header files themselves for the values of the constants used in the
library.


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39.1 Fundamental Constants
==========================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_SPEED_OF_LIGHT'
     The speed of light in vacuum, c.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_VACUUM_PERMEABILITY'
     The permeability of free space, \mu_0. This constant is defined in
     the MKSA system only.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_VACUUM_PERMITTIVITY'
     The permittivity of free space, \epsilon_0.  This constant is
     defined in the MKSA system only.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PLANCKS_CONSTANT_H'
     Planck's constant, h.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PLANCKS_CONSTANT_HBAR'
     Planck's constant divided by 2\pi, \hbar.

`GSL_CONST_NUM_AVOGADRO'
     Avogadro's number, N_a.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_FARADAY'
     The molar charge of 1 Faraday.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BOLTZMANN'
     The Boltzmann constant, k.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MOLAR_GAS'
     The molar gas constant, R_0.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_STANDARD_GAS_VOLUME'
     The standard gas volume, V_0.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_STEFAN_BOLTZMANN_CONSTANT'
     The Stefan-Boltzmann radiation constant, \sigma.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_GAUSS'
     The magnetic field of 1 Gauss.


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39.2 Astronomy and Astrophysics
===============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT'
     The length of 1 astronomical unit (mean earth-sun distance), au.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_GRAVITATIONAL_CONSTANT'
     The gravitational constant, G.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_LIGHT_YEAR'
     The distance of 1 light-year, ly.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PARSEC'
     The distance of 1 parsec, pc.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_GRAV_ACCEL'
     The standard gravitational acceleration on Earth, g.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_SOLAR_MASS'
     The mass of the Sun.


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39.3 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
===============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ELECTRON_CHARGE'
     The charge of the electron, e.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ELECTRON_VOLT'
     The energy of 1 electron volt, eV.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_UNIFIED_ATOMIC_MASS'
     The unified atomic mass, amu.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MASS_ELECTRON'
     The mass of the electron, m_e.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MASS_MUON'
     The mass of the muon, m_\mu.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MASS_PROTON'
     The mass of the proton, m_p.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MASS_NEUTRON'
     The mass of the neutron, m_n.

`GSL_CONST_NUM_FINE_STRUCTURE'
     The electromagnetic fine structure constant \alpha.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_RYDBERG'
     The Rydberg constant, Ry, in units of energy.  This is related to
     the Rydberg inverse wavelength R_\infty by Ry = h c R_\infty.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BOHR_RADIUS'
     The Bohr radius, a_0.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ANGSTROM'
     The length of 1 angstrom.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BARN'
     The area of 1 barn.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BOHR_MAGNETON'
     The Bohr Magneton, \mu_B.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_NUCLEAR_MAGNETON'
     The Nuclear Magneton, \mu_N.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ELECTRON_MAGNETIC_MOMENT'
     The absolute value of the magnetic moment of the electron, \mu_e.
     The physical magnetic moment of the electron is negative.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PROTON_MAGNETIC_MOMENT'
     The magnetic moment of the proton, \mu_p.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_THOMSON_CROSS_SECTION'
     The Thomson cross section, \sigma_T.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_DEBYE'
     The electric dipole moment of 1 Debye, D.


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39.4 Measurement of Time
========================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MINUTE'
     The number of seconds in 1 minute.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_HOUR'
     The number of seconds in 1 hour.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_DAY'
     The number of seconds in 1 day.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_WEEK'
     The number of seconds in 1 week.


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39.5 Imperial Units
===================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_INCH'
     The length of 1 inch.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_FOOT'
     The length of 1 foot.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_YARD'
     The length of 1 yard.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MILE'
     The length of 1 mile.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MIL'
     The length of 1 mil (1/1000th of an inch).


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39.6 Speed and Nautical Units
=============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_KILOMETERS_PER_HOUR'
     The speed of 1 kilometer per hour.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MILES_PER_HOUR'
     The speed of 1 mile per hour.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_NAUTICAL_MILE'
     The length of 1 nautical mile.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_FATHOM'
     The length of 1 fathom.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_KNOT'
     The speed of 1 knot.


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39.7 Printers Units
===================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_POINT'
     The length of 1 printer's point (1/72 inch).

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_TEXPOINT'
     The length of 1 TeX point (1/72.27 inch).


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39.8 Volume, Area and Length
============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_MICRON'
     The length of 1 micron.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_HECTARE'
     The area of 1 hectare.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ACRE'
     The area of 1 acre.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_LITER'
     The volume of 1 liter.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_US_GALLON'
     The volume of 1 US gallon.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_CANADIAN_GALLON'
     The volume of 1 Canadian gallon.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_UK_GALLON'
     The volume of 1 UK gallon.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_QUART'
     The volume of 1 quart.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PINT'
     The volume of 1 pint.


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39.9 Mass and Weight
====================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_POUND_MASS'
     The mass of 1 pound.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_OUNCE_MASS'
     The mass of 1 ounce.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_TON'
     The mass of 1 ton.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_METRIC_TON'
     The mass of 1 metric ton (1000 kg).

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_UK_TON'
     The mass of 1 UK ton.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_TROY_OUNCE'
     The mass of 1 troy ounce.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_CARAT'
     The mass of 1 carat.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_GRAM_FORCE'
     The force of 1 gram weight.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_POUND_FORCE'
     The force of 1 pound weight.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_KILOPOUND_FORCE'
     The force of 1 kilopound weight.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_POUNDAL'
     The force of 1 poundal.


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39.10 Thermal Energy and Power
==============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_CALORIE'
     The energy of 1 calorie.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BTU'
     The energy of 1 British Thermal Unit, btu.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_THERM'
     The energy of 1 Therm.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_HORSEPOWER'
     The power of 1 horsepower.


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39.11 Pressure
==============

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_BAR'
     The pressure of 1 bar.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_STD_ATMOSPHERE'
     The pressure of 1 standard atmosphere.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_TORR'
     The pressure of 1 torr.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_METER_OF_MERCURY'
     The pressure of 1 meter of mercury.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_INCH_OF_MERCURY'
     The pressure of 1 inch of mercury.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_INCH_OF_WATER'
     The pressure of 1 inch of water.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PSI'
     The pressure of 1 pound per square inch.


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39.12 Viscosity
===============

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_POISE'
     The dynamic viscosity of 1 poise.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_STOKES'
     The kinematic viscosity of 1 stokes.


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39.13 Light and Illumination
============================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_STILB'
     The luminance of 1 stilb.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_LUMEN'
     The luminous flux of 1 lumen.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_LUX'
     The illuminance of 1 lux.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_PHOT'
     The illuminance of 1 phot.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_FOOTCANDLE'
     The illuminance of 1 footcandle.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_LAMBERT'
     The luminance of 1 lambert.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_FOOTLAMBERT'
     The luminance of 1 footlambert.


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39.14 Radioactivity
===================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_CURIE'
     The activity of 1 curie.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ROENTGEN'
     The exposure of 1 roentgen.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_RAD'
     The absorbed dose of 1 rad.


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39.15 Force and Energy
======================

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_NEWTON'
     The SI unit of force, 1 Newton.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_DYNE'
     The force of 1 Dyne = 10^-5 Newton.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_JOULE'
     The SI unit of energy, 1 Joule.

`GSL_CONST_MKSA_ERG'
     The energy 1 erg = 10^-7 Joule.


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39.16 Prefixes
==============

These constants are dimensionless scaling factors.

`GSL_CONST_NUM_YOTTA'
     10^24

`GSL_CONST_NUM_ZETTA'
     10^21

`GSL_CONST_NUM_EXA'
     10^18

`GSL_CONST_NUM_PETA'
     10^15

`GSL_CONST_NUM_TERA'
     10^12

`GSL_CONST_NUM_GIGA'
     10^9

`GSL_CONST_NUM_MEGA'
     10^6

`GSL_CONST_NUM_KILO'
     10^3

`GSL_CONST_NUM_MILLI'
     10^-3

`GSL_CONST_NUM_MICRO'
     10^-6

`GSL_CONST_NUM_NANO'
     10^-9

`GSL_CONST_NUM_PICO'
     10^-12

`GSL_CONST_NUM_FEMTO'
     10^-15

`GSL_CONST_NUM_ATTO'
     10^-18

`GSL_CONST_NUM_ZEPTO'
     10^-21

`GSL_CONST_NUM_YOCTO'
     10^-24


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39.17 Examples
==============

The following program demonstrates the use of the physical constants in
a calculation.  In this case, the goal is to calculate the range of
light-travel times from Earth to Mars.

   The required data is the average distance of each planet from the
Sun in astronomical units (the eccentricities and inclinations of the
orbits will be neglected for the purposes of this calculation).  The
average radius of the orbit of Mars is 1.52 astronomical units, and for
the orbit of Earth it is 1 astronomical unit (by definition).  These
values are combined with the MKSA values of the constants for the speed
of light and the length of an astronomical unit to produce a result for
the shortest and longest light-travel times in seconds.  The figures are
converted into minutes before being displayed.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_const_mksa.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       double c  = GSL_CONST_MKSA_SPEED_OF_LIGHT;
       double au = GSL_CONST_MKSA_ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT;
       double minutes = GSL_CONST_MKSA_MINUTE;

       /* distance stored in meters */
       double r_earth = 1.00 * au;
       double r_mars  = 1.52 * au;

       double t_min, t_max;

       t_min = (r_mars - r_earth) / c;
       t_max = (r_mars + r_earth) / c;

       printf ("light travel time from Earth to Mars:\n");
       printf ("minimum = %.1f minutes\n", t_min / minutes);
       printf ("maximum = %.1f minutes\n", t_max / minutes);

       return 0;
     }

Here is the output from the program,

     light travel time from Earth to Mars:
     minimum = 4.3 minutes
     maximum = 21.0 minutes


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39.18 References and Further Reading
====================================

The authoritative sources for physical constants are the 2006 CODATA
recommended values, published in the article below. Further information
on the values of physical constants is also available from the NIST
website.

     P.J. Mohr, B.N. Taylor, D.B. Newell, "CODATA Recommended Values of
     the Fundamental Physical Constants: 2006", Reviews of Modern
     Physics, 80(2), pp. 633-730 (2008).

     `http://www.physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html'

     `http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html'


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40 IEEE floating-point arithmetic
*********************************

This chapter describes functions for examining the representation of
floating point numbers and controlling the floating point environment of
your program.  The functions described in this chapter are declared in
the header file `gsl_ieee_utils.h'.

* Menu:

* Representation of floating point numbers::
* Setting up your IEEE environment::
* IEEE References and Further Reading::


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40.1 Representation of floating point numbers
=============================================

The IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic defines binary
formats for single and double precision numbers.  Each number is
composed of three parts: a "sign bit" (s), an "exponent" (E) and a
"fraction" (f).  The numerical value of the combination (s,E,f) is
given by the following formula,

     (-1)^s (1.fffff...) 2^E

The sign bit is either zero or one.  The exponent ranges from a minimum
value E_min to a maximum value E_max depending on the precision.  The
exponent is converted to an unsigned number e, known as the "biased
exponent", for storage by adding a "bias" parameter, e = E + bias.  The
sequence fffff... represents the digits of the binary fraction f.  The
binary digits are stored in "normalized form", by adjusting the
exponent to give a leading digit of 1.  Since the leading digit is
always 1 for normalized numbers it is assumed implicitly and does not
have to be stored.  Numbers smaller than 2^(E_min) are be stored in
"denormalized form" with a leading zero,

     (-1)^s (0.fffff...) 2^(E_min)

This allows gradual underflow down to 2^(E_min - p) for p bits of
precision.  A zero is encoded with the special exponent of 2^(E_min -
1) and infinities with the exponent of 2^(E_max + 1).

The format for single precision numbers uses 32 bits divided in the
following way,

     seeeeeeeefffffffffffffffffffffff

     s = sign bit, 1 bit
     e = exponent, 8 bits  (E_min=-126, E_max=127, bias=127)
     f = fraction, 23 bits

The format for double precision numbers uses 64 bits divided in the
following way,

     seeeeeeeeeeeffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

     s = sign bit, 1 bit
     e = exponent, 11 bits  (E_min=-1022, E_max=1023, bias=1023)
     f = fraction, 52 bits

It is often useful to be able to investigate the behavior of a
calculation at the bit-level and the library provides functions for
printing the IEEE representations in a human-readable form.

 -- Function: void gsl_ieee_fprintf_float (FILE * STREAM, const float *
          X)
 -- Function: void gsl_ieee_fprintf_double (FILE * STREAM, const double
          * X)
     These functions output a formatted version of the IEEE
     floating-point number pointed to by X to the stream STREAM. A
     pointer is used to pass the number indirectly, to avoid any
     undesired promotion from `float' to `double'.  The output takes
     one of the following forms,

    `NaN'
          the Not-a-Number symbol

    `Inf, -Inf'
          positive or negative infinity

    `1.fffff...*2^E, -1.fffff...*2^E'
          a normalized floating point number

    `0.fffff...*2^E, -0.fffff...*2^E'
          a denormalized floating point number

    `0, -0'
          positive or negative zero


     The output can be used directly in GNU Emacs Calc mode by
     preceding it with `2#' to indicate binary.

 -- Function: void gsl_ieee_printf_float (const float * X)
 -- Function: void gsl_ieee_printf_double (const double * X)
     These functions output a formatted version of the IEEE
     floating-point number pointed to by X to the stream `stdout'.

The following program demonstrates the use of the functions by printing
the single and double precision representations of the fraction 1/3.
For comparison the representation of the value promoted from single to
double precision is also printed.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_ieee_utils.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       float f = 1.0/3.0;
       double d = 1.0/3.0;

       double fd = f; /* promote from float to double */

       printf (" f="); gsl_ieee_printf_float(&f);
       printf ("\n");

       printf ("fd="); gsl_ieee_printf_double(&fd);
       printf ("\n");

       printf (" d="); gsl_ieee_printf_double(&d);
       printf ("\n");

       return 0;
     }

The binary representation of 1/3 is 0.01010101... .  The output below
shows that the IEEE format normalizes this fraction to give a leading
digit of 1,

      f= 1.01010101010101010101011*2^-2
     fd= 1.0101010101010101010101100000000000000000000000000000*2^-2
      d= 1.0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101*2^-2

The output also shows that a single-precision number is promoted to
double-precision by adding zeros in the binary representation.


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40.2 Setting up your IEEE environment
=====================================

The IEEE standard defines several "modes" for controlling the behavior
of floating point operations.  These modes specify the important
properties of computer arithmetic: the direction used for rounding (e.g.
whether numbers should be rounded up, down or to the nearest number),
the rounding precision and how the program should handle arithmetic
exceptions, such as division by zero.

   Many of these features can now be controlled via standard functions
such as `fpsetround', which should be used whenever they are available.
Unfortunately in the past there has been no universal API for
controlling their behavior--each system has had its own low-level way
of accessing them.  To help you write portable programs GSL allows you
to specify modes in a platform-independent way using the environment
variable `GSL_IEEE_MODE'.  The library then takes care of all the
necessary machine-specific initializations for you when you call the
function `gsl_ieee_env_setup'.

 -- Function: void gsl_ieee_env_setup ()
     This function reads the environment variable `GSL_IEEE_MODE' and
     attempts to set up the corresponding specified IEEE modes.  The
     environment variable should be a list of keywords, separated by
     commas, like this,

          `GSL_IEEE_MODE' = "KEYWORD,KEYWORD,..."

     where KEYWORD is one of the following mode-names,

          `single-precision'

          `double-precision'

          `extended-precision'

          `round-to-nearest'

          `round-down'

          `round-up'

          `round-to-zero'

          `mask-all'

          `mask-invalid'

          `mask-denormalized'

          `mask-division-by-zero'

          `mask-overflow'

          `mask-underflow'

          `trap-inexact'

          `trap-common'

     If `GSL_IEEE_MODE' is empty or undefined then the function returns
     immediately and no attempt is made to change the system's IEEE
     mode.  When the modes from `GSL_IEEE_MODE' are turned on the
     function prints a short message showing the new settings to remind
     you that the results of the program will be affected.

     If the requested modes are not supported by the platform being
     used then the function calls the error handler and returns an
     error code of `GSL_EUNSUP'.

     When options are specified using this method, the resulting mode is
     based on a default setting of the highest available precision
     (double precision or extended precision, depending on the
     platform) in round-to-nearest mode, with all exceptions enabled
     apart from the INEXACT exception.  The INEXACT exception is
     generated whenever rounding occurs, so it must generally be
     disabled in typical scientific calculations.  All other
     floating-point exceptions are enabled by default, including
     underflows and the use of denormalized numbers, for safety.  They
     can be disabled with the individual `mask-' settings or together
     using `mask-all'.

     The following adjusted combination of modes is convenient for many
     purposes,

          GSL_IEEE_MODE="double-precision,"\
                          "mask-underflow,"\
                            "mask-denormalized"

     This choice ignores any errors relating to small numbers (either
     denormalized, or underflowing to zero) but traps overflows,
     division by zero and invalid operations.

     Note that on the x86 series of processors this function sets both
     the original x87 mode and the newer MXCSR mode, which controls SSE
     floating-point operations.  The SSE floating-point units do not
     have a precision-control bit, and always work in double-precision.
     The single-precision and extended-precision keywords have no
     effect in this case.

To demonstrate the effects of different rounding modes consider the
following program which computes e, the base of natural logarithms, by
summing a rapidly-decreasing series,

     e = 1 + 1/2! + 1/3! + 1/4! + ...
       = 2.71828182846...

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_math.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_ieee_utils.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       double x = 1, oldsum = 0, sum = 0;
       int i = 0;

       gsl_ieee_env_setup (); /* read GSL_IEEE_MODE */

       do
         {
           i++;

           oldsum = sum;
           sum += x;
           x = x / i;

           printf ("i=%2d sum=%.18f error=%g\n",
                   i, sum, sum - M_E);

           if (i > 30)
              break;
         }
       while (sum != oldsum);

       return 0;
     }

Here are the results of running the program in `round-to-nearest' mode.
This is the IEEE default so it isn't really necessary to specify it
here,

     $ GSL_IEEE_MODE="round-to-nearest" ./a.out
     i= 1 sum=1.000000000000000000 error=-1.71828
     i= 2 sum=2.000000000000000000 error=-0.718282
     ....
     i=18 sum=2.718281828459045535 error=4.44089e-16
     i=19 sum=2.718281828459045535 error=4.44089e-16

After nineteen terms the sum converges to within 4 \times 10^-16 of the
correct value.  If we now change the rounding mode to `round-down' the
final result is less accurate,

     $ GSL_IEEE_MODE="round-down" ./a.out
     i= 1 sum=1.000000000000000000 error=-1.71828
     ....
     i=19 sum=2.718281828459041094 error=-3.9968e-15

The result is about 4 \times 10^-15 below the correct value, an order
of magnitude worse than the result obtained in the `round-to-nearest'
mode.

   If we change to rounding mode to `round-up' then the final result is
higher than the correct value (when we add each term to the sum the
final result is always rounded up, which increases the sum by at least
one tick until the added term underflows to zero).  To avoid this
problem we would need to use a safer converge criterion, such as `while
(fabs(sum - oldsum) > epsilon)', with a suitably chosen value of
epsilon.

   Finally we can see the effect of computing the sum using
single-precision rounding, in the default `round-to-nearest' mode.  In
this case the program thinks it is still using double precision numbers
but the CPU rounds the result of each floating point operation to
single-precision accuracy.  This simulates the effect of writing the
program using single-precision `float' variables instead of `double'
variables.  The iteration stops after about half the number of
iterations and the final result is much less accurate,

     $ GSL_IEEE_MODE="single-precision" ./a.out
     ....
     i=12 sum=2.718281984329223633 error=1.5587e-07

with an error of O(10^-7), which corresponds to single precision
accuracy (about 1 part in 10^7).  Continuing the iterations further
does not decrease the error because all the subsequent results are
rounded to the same value.


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40.3 References and Further Reading
===================================

The reference for the IEEE standard is,

     ANSI/IEEE Std 754-1985, IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point
     Arithmetic.

A more pedagogical introduction to the standard can be found in the
following paper,

     David Goldberg: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About
     Floating-Point Arithmetic. `ACM Computing Surveys', Vol. 23, No. 1
     (March 1991), pages 5-48.

     Corrigendum: `ACM Computing Surveys', Vol. 23, No. 3 (September
     1991), page 413. and see also the sections by B. A. Wichmann and
     Charles B. Dunham in Surveyor's Forum: "What Every Computer
     Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic". `ACM
     Computing Surveys', Vol. 24, No. 3 (September 1992), page 319.

A detailed textbook on IEEE arithmetic and its practical use is
available from SIAM Press,

     Michael L. Overton, `Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point
     Arithmetic', SIAM Press, ISBN 0898715717.



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Appendix A Debugging Numerical Programs
***************************************

This chapter describes some tips and tricks for debugging numerical
programs which use GSL.

* Menu:

* Using gdb::
* Examining floating point registers::
* Handling floating point exceptions::
* GCC warning options for numerical programs::
* Debugging References::


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A.1 Using gdb
=============

Any errors reported by the library are passed to the function
`gsl_error'.  By running your programs under gdb and setting a
breakpoint in this function you can automatically catch any library
errors.  You can add a breakpoint for every session by putting

     break gsl_error

into your `.gdbinit' file in the directory where your program is
started.

   If the breakpoint catches an error then you can use a backtrace
(`bt') to see the call-tree, and the arguments which possibly caused
the error.  By moving up into the calling function you can investigate
the values of variables at that point.  Here is an example from the
program `fft/test_trap', which contains the following line,

     status = gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc (0, &complex_wavetable);

The function `gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc' takes the length of an
FFT as its first argument.  When this line is executed an error will be
generated because the length of an FFT is not allowed to be zero.

   To debug this problem we start `gdb', using the file `.gdbinit' to
define a breakpoint in `gsl_error',

     $ gdb test_trap

     GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies
     of it under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see
     the conditions.  There is absolutely no warranty for GDB;
     type "show warranty" for details.  GDB 4.16 (i586-debian-linux),
     Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     Breakpoint 1 at 0x8050b1e: file error.c, line 14.

When we run the program this breakpoint catches the error and shows the
reason for it.

     (gdb) run
     Starting program: test_trap

     Breakpoint 1, gsl_error (reason=0x8052b0d
         "length n must be positive integer",
         file=0x8052b04 "c_init.c", line=108, gsl_errno=1)
         at error.c:14
     14        if (gsl_error_handler)

The first argument of `gsl_error' is always a string describing the
error.  Now we can look at the backtrace to see what caused the problem,

     (gdb) bt
     #0  gsl_error (reason=0x8052b0d
         "length n must be positive integer",
         file=0x8052b04 "c_init.c", line=108, gsl_errno=1)
         at error.c:14
     #1  0x8049376 in gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc (n=0,
         wavetable=0xbffff778) at c_init.c:108
     #2  0x8048a00 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff9bc)
         at test_trap.c:94
     #3  0x80488be in ___crt_dummy__ ()

We can see that the error was generated in the function
`gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc' when it was called with an argument
of N=0.  The original call came from line 94 in the file `test_trap.c'.

   By moving up to the level of the original call we can find the line
that caused the error,

     (gdb) up
     #1  0x8049376 in gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc (n=0,
         wavetable=0xbffff778) at c_init.c:108
     108   GSL_ERROR ("length n must be positive integer", GSL_EDOM);
     (gdb) up
     #2  0x8048a00 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff9bc)
         at test_trap.c:94
     94    status = gsl_fft_complex_wavetable_alloc (0,
             &complex_wavetable);

Thus we have found the line that caused the problem.  From this point we
could also print out the values of other variables such as
`complex_wavetable'.


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A.2 Examining floating point registers
======================================

The contents of floating point registers can be examined using the
command `info float' (on supported platforms).

     (gdb) info float
          st0: 0xc4018b895aa17a945000  Valid Normal -7.838871e+308
          st1: 0x3ff9ea3f50e4d7275000  Valid Normal 0.0285946
          st2: 0x3fe790c64ce27dad4800  Valid Normal 6.7415931e-08
          st3: 0x3ffaa3ef0df6607d7800  Spec  Normal 0.0400229
          st4: 0x3c028000000000000000  Valid Normal 4.4501477e-308
          st5: 0x3ffef5412c22219d9000  Zero  Normal 0.9580257
          st6: 0x3fff8000000000000000  Valid Normal 1
          st7: 0xc4028b65a1f6d243c800  Valid Normal -1.566206e+309
        fctrl: 0x0272 53 bit; NEAR; mask DENOR UNDER LOS;
        fstat: 0xb9ba flags 0001; top 7; excep DENOR OVERF UNDER LOS
         ftag: 0x3fff
          fip: 0x08048b5c
          fcs: 0x051a0023
       fopoff: 0x08086820
       fopsel: 0x002b

Individual registers can be examined using the variables $REG, where
REG is the register name.

     (gdb) p $st1
     $1 = 0.02859464454261210347719


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A.3 Handling floating point exceptions
======================================

It is possible to stop the program whenever a `SIGFPE' floating point
exception occurs.  This can be useful for finding the cause of an
unexpected infinity or `NaN'.  The current handler settings can be
shown with the command `info signal SIGFPE'.

     (gdb) info signal SIGFPE
     Signal  Stop  Print  Pass to program Description
     SIGFPE  Yes   Yes    Yes             Arithmetic exception

Unless the program uses a signal handler the default setting should be
changed so that SIGFPE is not passed to the program, as this would cause
it to exit.  The command `handle SIGFPE stop nopass' prevents this.

     (gdb) handle SIGFPE stop nopass
     Signal  Stop  Print  Pass to program Description
     SIGFPE  Yes   Yes    No              Arithmetic exception

Depending on the platform it may be necessary to instruct the kernel to
generate signals for floating point exceptions.  For programs using GSL
this can be achieved using the `GSL_IEEE_MODE' environment variable in
conjunction with the function `gsl_ieee_env_setup' as described in
*note IEEE floating-point arithmetic::.

     (gdb) set env GSL_IEEE_MODE=double-precision


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A.4 GCC warning options for numerical programs
==============================================

Writing reliable numerical programs in C requires great care.  The
following GCC warning options are recommended when compiling numerical
programs:

     gcc -ansi -pedantic -Werror -Wall -W
       -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes
       -Wconversion -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith
       -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align
       -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs
       -fshort-enums -fno-common -Dinline= -g -O2

For details of each option consult the manual `Using and Porting GCC'.
The following table gives a brief explanation of what types of errors
these options catch.

`-ansi -pedantic'
     Use ANSI C, and reject any non-ANSI extensions.  These flags help
     in writing portable programs that will compile on other systems.

`-Werror'
     Consider warnings to be errors, so that compilation stops.  This
     prevents warnings from scrolling off the top of the screen and
     being lost.  You won't be able to compile the program until it is
     completely warning-free.

`-Wall'
     This turns on a set of warnings for common programming problems.
     You need `-Wall', but it is not enough on its own.

`-O2'
     Turn on optimization.  The warnings for uninitialized variables in
     `-Wall' rely on the optimizer to analyze the code.  If there is no
     optimization then these warnings aren't generated.

`-W'
     This turns on some extra warnings not included in `-Wall', such as
     missing return values and comparisons between signed and unsigned
     integers.

`-Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes'
     Warn if there are any missing or inconsistent prototypes.  Without
     prototypes it is harder to detect problems with incorrect
     arguments.

`-Wconversion'
     The main use of this option is to warn about conversions from
     signed to unsigned integers.  For example, `unsigned int x = -1'.
     If you need to perform such a conversion you can use an explicit
     cast.

`-Wshadow'
     This warns whenever a local variable shadows another local
     variable.  If two variables have the same name then it is a
     potential source of confusion.

`-Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align'
     These options warn if you try to do pointer arithmetic for types
     which don't have a size, such as `void', if you remove a `const'
     cast from a pointer, or if you cast a pointer to a type which has a
     different size, causing an invalid alignment.

`-Wwrite-strings'
     This option gives string constants a `const' qualifier so that it
     will be a compile-time error to attempt to overwrite them.

`-fshort-enums'
     This option makes the type of `enum' as short as possible.
     Normally this makes an `enum' different from an `int'.
     Consequently any attempts to assign a pointer-to-int to a
     pointer-to-enum will generate a cast-alignment warning.

`-fno-common'
     This option prevents global variables being simultaneously defined
     in different object files (you get an error at link time).  Such a
     variable should be defined in one file and referred to in other
     files with an `extern' declaration.

`-Wnested-externs'
     This warns if an `extern' declaration is encountered within a
     function.

`-Dinline='
     The `inline' keyword is not part of ANSI C. Thus if you want to use
     `-ansi' with a program which uses inline functions you can use this
     preprocessor definition to remove the `inline' keywords.

`-g'
     It always makes sense to put debugging symbols in the executable
     so that you can debug it using `gdb'.  The only effect of
     debugging symbols is to increase the size of the file, and you can
     use the `strip' command to remove them later if necessary.


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: Debugging References,  Prev: GCC warning options for numerical programs,  Up: Debugging Numerical Programs

A.5 References and Further Reading
==================================

The following books are essential reading for anyone writing and
debugging numerical programs with GCC and GDB.

     R.M. Stallman, `Using and Porting GNU CC', Free Software
     Foundation, ISBN 1882114388

     R.M. Stallman, R.H. Pesch, `Debugging with GDB: The GNU
     Source-Level Debugger', Free Software Foundation, ISBN 1882114779

For a tutorial introduction to the GNU C Compiler and related programs,
see

     B.J. Gough, `An Introduction to GCC', Network Theory Ltd, ISBN
     0954161793


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: Contributors to GSL,  Next: Autoconf Macros,  Prev: Debugging Numerical Programs,  Up: Top

Appendix B Contributors to GSL
******************************

(See the AUTHORS file in the distribution for up-to-date information.)

*Mark Galassi*
     Conceived GSL (with James Theiler) and wrote the design document.
     Wrote the simulated annealing package and the relevant chapter in
     the manual.

*James Theiler*
     Conceived GSL (with Mark Galassi).  Wrote the random number
     generators and the relevant chapter in this manual.

*Jim Davies*
     Wrote the statistical routines and the relevant chapter in this
     manual.

*Brian Gough*
     FFTs, numerical integration, random number generators and
     distributions, root finding, minimization and fitting, polynomial
     solvers, complex numbers, physical constants, permutations, vector
     and matrix functions, histograms, statistics, ieee-utils, revised
     CBLAS Level 2 & 3, matrix decompositions, eigensystems, cumulative
     distribution functions, testing, documentation and releases.

*Reid Priedhorsky*
     Wrote and documented the initial version of the root finding
     routines while at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mathematical
     Modeling and Analysis Group.

*Gerard Jungman*
     Special Functions, Series acceleration, ODEs, BLAS, Linear Algebra,
     Eigensystems, Hankel Transforms.

*Mike Booth*
     Wrote the Monte Carlo library.

*Jorma Olavi Ta"htinen*
     Wrote the initial complex arithmetic functions.

*Thomas Walter*
     Wrote the initial heapsort routines and cholesky decomposition.

*Fabrice Rossi*
     Multidimensional minimization.

*Carlo Perassi*
     Implementation of the random number generators in Knuth's
     `Seminumerical Algorithms', 3rd Ed.

*Szymon Jaroszewicz*
     Wrote the routines for generating combinations.

*Nicolas Darnis*
     Wrote the cyclic functions and the initial functions for canonical
     permutations.

*Jason H. Stover*
     Wrote the major cumulative distribution functions.

*Ivo Alxneit*
     Wrote the routines for wavelet transforms.

*Tuomo Keskitalo*
     Improved the implementation of the ODE solvers.

*Lowell Johnson*
     Implementation of the Mathieu functions.

*Patrick Alken*
     Implementation of non-symmetric and generalized eigensystems and
     B-splines.


   Thanks to Nigel Lowry for help in proofreading the manual.

   The non-symmetric eigensystems routines contain code based on the
LAPACK linear algebra library.  LAPACK is distributed under the
following license:


     Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The University of Tennessee.  All rights
     reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
     modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
     are met:

     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer listed
     in this license in the documentation and/or other materials
     provided with the distribution.

     * Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
     from this software without specific prior written permission.

     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
     "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
     LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
     FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
     COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
     INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
     (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
     SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
     HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
     CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
     OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
     EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


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Appendix C Autoconf Macros
**************************

For applications using `autoconf' the standard macro `AC_CHECK_LIB' can
be used to link with GSL automatically from a `configure' script.  The
library itself depends on the presence of a CBLAS and math library as
well, so these must also be located before linking with the main
`libgsl' file.  The following commands should be placed in the
`configure.ac' file to perform these tests,

     AC_CHECK_LIB([m],[cos])
     AC_CHECK_LIB([gslcblas],[cblas_dgemm])
     AC_CHECK_LIB([gsl],[gsl_blas_dgemm])

It is important to check for `libm' and `libgslcblas' before `libgsl',
otherwise the tests will fail.  Assuming the libraries are found the
output during the configure stage looks like this,

     checking for cos in -lm... yes
     checking for cblas_dgemm in -lgslcblas... yes
     checking for gsl_blas_dgemm in -lgsl... yes

If the library is found then the tests will define the macros
`HAVE_LIBGSL', `HAVE_LIBGSLCBLAS', `HAVE_LIBM' and add the options
`-lgsl -lgslcblas -lm' to the variable `LIBS'.

   The tests above will find any version of the library.  They are
suitable for general use, where the versions of the functions are not
important.  An alternative macro is available in the file `gsl.m4' to
test for a specific version of the library.  To use this macro simply
add the following line to your `configure.in' file instead of the tests
above:

     AX_PATH_GSL(GSL_VERSION,
                [action-if-found],
                [action-if-not-found])

The argument `GSL_VERSION' should be the two or three digit MAJOR.MINOR
or MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO version number of the release you require. A
suitable choice for `action-if-not-found' is,

     AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find required version of GSL)

Then you can add the variables `GSL_LIBS' and `GSL_CFLAGS' to your
Makefile.am files to obtain the correct compiler flags.  `GSL_LIBS' is
equal to the output of the `gsl-config --libs' command and `GSL_CFLAGS'
is equal to `gsl-config --cflags' command. For example,

     libfoo_la_LDFLAGS = -lfoo $(GSL_LIBS) -lgslcblas

Note that the macro `AX_PATH_GSL' needs to use the C compiler so it
should appear in the `configure.in' file before the macro
`AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS' for programs that use C++.

   To test for `inline' the following test should be placed in your
`configure.in' file,

     AC_C_INLINE

     if test "$ac_cv_c_inline" != no ; then
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INLINE,1)
       AC_SUBST(HAVE_INLINE)
     fi

and the macro will then be defined in the compilation flags or by
including the file `config.h' before any library headers.

   The following autoconf test will check for `extern inline',

     dnl Check for "extern inline", using a modified version
     dnl of the test for AC_C_INLINE from acspecific.mt
     dnl
     AC_CACHE_CHECK([for extern inline], ac_cv_c_extern_inline,
     [ac_cv_c_extern_inline=no
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([extern $ac_cv_c_inline double foo(double x);
     extern $ac_cv_c_inline double foo(double x) { return x+1.0; };
     double foo (double x) { return x + 1.0; };],
     [  foo(1.0)  ],
     [ac_cv_c_extern_inline="yes"])
     ])

     if test "$ac_cv_c_extern_inline" != no ; then
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INLINE,1)
       AC_SUBST(HAVE_INLINE)
     fi

   The substitution of portability functions can be made automatically
if you use `autoconf'. For example, to test whether the BSD function
`hypot' is available you can include the following line in the
configure file `configure.in' for your application,

     AC_CHECK_FUNCS(hypot)

and place the following macro definitions in the file `config.h.in',

     /* Substitute gsl_hypot for missing system hypot */

     #ifndef HAVE_HYPOT
     #define hypot gsl_hypot
     #endif

The application source files can then use the include command `#include
<config.h>' to substitute `gsl_hypot' for each occurrence of `hypot'
when `hypot' is not available.


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Appendix D GSL CBLAS Library
****************************

The prototypes for the low-level CBLAS functions are declared in the
file `gsl_cblas.h'.  For the definition of the functions consult the
documentation available from Netlib (*note BLAS References and Further
Reading::).

* Menu:

* Level 1 CBLAS Functions::
* Level 2 CBLAS Functions::
* Level 3 CBLAS Functions::
* GSL CBLAS Examples::


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: Level 1 CBLAS Functions,  Next: Level 2 CBLAS Functions,  Up: GSL CBLAS Library

D.1 Level 1
===========

 -- Function: float cblas_sdsdot (const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * X, const int INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: double cblas_dsdot (const int N, const float * X, const
          int INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: float cblas_sdot (const int N, const float * X, const int
          INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: double cblas_ddot (const int N, const double * X, const
          int INCX, const double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_cdotu_sub (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * DOTU)

 -- Function: void cblas_cdotc_sub (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * DOTC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zdotu_sub (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * DOTU)

 -- Function: void cblas_zdotc_sub (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * DOTC)

 -- Function: float cblas_snrm2 (const int N, const float * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: float cblas_sasum (const int N, const float * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: double cblas_dnrm2 (const int N, const double * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: double cblas_dasum (const int N, const double * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: float cblas_scnrm2 (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: float cblas_scasum (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: double cblas_dznrm2 (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: double cblas_dzasum (const int N, const void * X, const
          int INCX)

 -- Function: CBLAS_INDEX cblas_isamax (const int N, const float * X,
          const int INCX)

 -- Function: CBLAS_INDEX cblas_idamax (const int N, const double * X,
          const int INCX)

 -- Function: CBLAS_INDEX cblas_icamax (const int N, const void * X,
          const int INCX)

 -- Function: CBLAS_INDEX cblas_izamax (const int N, const void * X,
          const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_sswap (const int N, float * X, const int INCX,
          float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_scopy (const int N, const float * X, const int
          INCX, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_saxpy (const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * X, const int INCX, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dswap (const int N, double * X, const int
          INCX, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dcopy (const int N, const double * X, const
          int INCX, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_daxpy (const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * X, const int INCX, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_cswap (const int N, void * X, const int INCX,
          void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_ccopy (const int N, const void * X, const int
          INCX, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_caxpy (const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zswap (const int N, void * X, const int INCX,
          void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zcopy (const int N, const void * X, const int
          INCX, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zaxpy (const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_srotg (float * A, float * B, float * C, float
          * S)

 -- Function: void cblas_srotmg (float * D1, float * D2, float * B1,
          const float B2, float * P)

 -- Function: void cblas_srot (const int N, float * X, const int INCX,
          float * Y, const int INCY, const float C, const float S)

 -- Function: void cblas_srotm (const int N, float * X, const int INCX,
          float * Y, const int INCY, const float * P)

 -- Function: void cblas_drotg (double * A, double * B, double * C,
          double * S)

 -- Function: void cblas_drotmg (double * D1, double * D2, double * B1,
          const double B2, double * P)

 -- Function: void cblas_drot (const int N, double * X, const int INCX,
          double * Y, const int INCY, const double C, const double S)

 -- Function: void cblas_drotm (const int N, double * X, const int
          INCX, double * Y, const int INCY, const double * P)

 -- Function: void cblas_sscal (const int N, const float ALPHA, float *
          X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dscal (const int N, const double ALPHA, double
          * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_cscal (const int N, const void * ALPHA, void *
          X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_zscal (const int N, const void * ALPHA, void *
          X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_csscal (const int N, const float ALPHA, void *
          X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_zdscal (const int N, const double ALPHA, void
          * X, const int INCX)


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D.2 Level 2
===========

 -- Function: void cblas_sgemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          float ALPHA, const float * A, const int LDA, const float * X,
          const int INCX, const float BETA, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_sgbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          int KL, const int KU, const float ALPHA, const float * A,
          const int LDA, const float * X, const int INCX, const float
          BETA, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_strmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const float * A,
          const int LDA, float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_stbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          float * A, const int LDA, float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_stpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const float * AP,
          float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_strsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const float * A,
          const int LDA, float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_stbsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          float * A, const int LDA, float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_stpsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const float * AP,
          float * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dgemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          double ALPHA, const double * A, const int LDA, const double *
          X, const int INCX, const double BETA, double * Y, const int
          INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dgbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          int KL, const int KU, const double ALPHA, const double * A,
          const int LDA, const double * X, const int INCX, const double
          BETA, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtrmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const double * A,
          const int LDA, double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          double * A, const int LDA, double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const double * AP,
          double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtrsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const double * A,
          const int LDA, double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtbsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          double * A, const int LDA, double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtpsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const double * AP,
          double * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_cgemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * X,
          const int INCX, const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_cgbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          int KL, const int KU, const void * ALPHA, const void * A,
          const int LDA, const void * X, const int INCX, const void *
          BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctrmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * A,
          const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          void * A, const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * AP,
          void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctrsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * A,
          const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctbsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          void * A, const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctpsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * AP,
          void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_zgemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * X,
          const int INCX, const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zgbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const int M, const int N, const
          int KL, const int KU, const void * ALPHA, const void * A,
          const int LDA, const void * X, const int INCX, const void *
          BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztrmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * A,
          const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          void * A, const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * AP,
          void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztrsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * A,
          const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztbsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const int K, const
          void * A, const int LDA, void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztpsv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA,
          const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int N, const void * AP,
          void * X, const int INCX)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssymv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * A, const int LDA, const float * X, const int INCX,
          const float BETA, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const int K, const float
          ALPHA, const float * A, const int LDA, const float * X, const
          int INCX, const float BETA, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_sspmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * AP, const float * X, const int INCX, const float
          BETA, float * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_sger (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float * X, const int
          INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY, float * A, const int
          LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssyr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float
          * X, const int INCX, float * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_sspr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float
          * X, const int INCX, float * AP)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssyr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * X, const int INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY,
          float * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_sspr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const
          float * X, const int INCX, const float * Y, const int INCY,
          float * A)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsymv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * A, const int LDA, const double * X, const int INCX,
          const double BETA, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const int K, const double
          ALPHA, const double * A, const int LDA, const double * X,
          const int INCX, const double BETA, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dspmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * AP, const double * X, const int INCX, const double
          BETA, double * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_dger (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const double ALPHA, const double * X, const
          int INCX, const double * Y, const int INCY, double * A, const
          int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsyr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * X, const int INCX, double * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_dspr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * X, const int INCX, double * AP)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsyr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * X, const int INCX, const double * Y, const int INCY,
          double * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_dspr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const
          double * X, const int INCX, const double * Y, const int INCY,
          double * A)

 -- Function: void cblas_chemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * A, const int LDA, const void * X, const int INCX,
          const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_chbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const int K, const void *
          ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_chpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * AP, const void * X, const int INCX, const void * BETA,
          void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_cgeru (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * X, const int
          INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_cgerc (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * X, const int
          INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_cher (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const void *
          X, const int INCX, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_chpr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const float ALPHA, const void *
          X, const int INCX, void * A)

 -- Function: void cblas_cher2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY,
          void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_chpr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY,
          void * AP)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhemv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * A, const int LDA, const void * X, const int INCX,
          const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhbmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const int K, const void *
          ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * X, const
          int INCX, const void * BETA, void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhpmv (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * AP, const void * X, const int INCX, const void * BETA,
          void * Y, const int INCY)

 -- Function: void cblas_zgeru (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * X, const int
          INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_zgerc (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * X, const int
          INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_zher (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const void
          * X, const int INCX, void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhpr (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const enum
          CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const double ALPHA, const void
          * X, const int INCX, void * A)

 -- Function: void cblas_zher2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY,
          void * A, const int LDA)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhpr2 (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const
          void * X, const int INCX, const void * Y, const int INCY,
          void * AP)


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: Level 3 CBLAS Functions,  Next: GSL CBLAS Examples,  Prev: Level 2 CBLAS Functions,  Up: GSL CBLAS Library

D.3 Level 3
===========

 -- Function: void cblas_sgemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE
          TRANSB, const int M, const int N, const int K, const float
          ALPHA, const float * A, const int LDA, const float * B, const
          int LDB, const float BETA, float * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssymm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float * A, const int
          LDA, const float * B, const int LDB, const float BETA, float
          * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssyrk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const float ALPHA, const float * A, const
          int LDA, const float BETA, float * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_ssyr2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const float ALPHA, const float * A, const
          int LDA, const float * B, const int LDB, const float BETA,
          float * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_strmm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float * A, const int
          LDA, float * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_strsm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const float ALPHA, const float * A, const int
          LDA, float * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_dgemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE
          TRANSB, const int M, const int N, const int K, const double
          ALPHA, const double * A, const int LDA, const double * B,
          const int LDB, const double BETA, double * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsymm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const double ALPHA, const double * A, const
          int LDA, const double * B, const int LDB, const double BETA,
          double * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsyrk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const double ALPHA, const double * A,
          const int LDA, const double BETA, double * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_dsyr2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const double ALPHA, const double * A,
          const int LDA, const double * B, const int LDB, const double
          BETA, double * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtrmm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const double ALPHA, const double * A, const
          int LDA, double * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_dtrsm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const double ALPHA, const double * A, const
          int LDA, double * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_cgemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE
          TRANSB, const int M, const int N, const int K, const void *
          ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * B, const
          int LDB, const void * BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_csymm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA, void *
          C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_csyrk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_csyr2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA,
          void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctrmm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, void * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_ctrsm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, void * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_zgemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE
          TRANSB, const int M, const int N, const int K, const void *
          ALPHA, const void * A, const int LDA, const void * B, const
          int LDB, const void * BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zsymm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA, void *
          C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zsyrk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zsyr2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA,
          void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztrmm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, void * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_ztrsm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum
          CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANSA, const enum CBLAS_DIAG DIAG, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, void * B, const int LDB)

 -- Function: void cblas_chemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA, void *
          C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_cherk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const float ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const float BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_cher2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const float BETA,
          void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zhemm (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_SIDE SIDE, const enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const int
          M, const int N, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const int
          LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const void * BETA, void *
          C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zherk (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const double ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const double BETA, void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_zher2k (const enum CBLAS_ORDER ORDER, const
          enum CBLAS_UPLO UPLO, const enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE TRANS, const
          int N, const int K, const void * ALPHA, const void * A, const
          int LDA, const void * B, const int LDB, const double BETA,
          void * C, const int LDC)

 -- Function: void cblas_xerbla (int P, const char * ROUT, const char *
          FORM, ...)


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: GSL CBLAS Examples,  Prev: Level 3 CBLAS Functions,  Up: GSL CBLAS Library

D.4 Examples
============

The following program computes the product of two matrices using the
Level-3 BLAS function SGEMM,

     [ 0.11 0.12 0.13 ]  [ 1011 1012 ]     [ 367.76 368.12 ]
     [ 0.21 0.22 0.23 ]  [ 1021 1022 ]  =  [ 674.06 674.72 ]
                         [ 1031 1032 ]

The matrices are stored in row major order but could be stored in column
major order if the first argument of the call to `cblas_sgemm' was
changed to `CblasColMajor'.

     #include <stdio.h>
     #include <gsl/gsl_cblas.h>

     int
     main (void)
     {
       int lda = 3;

       float A[] = { 0.11, 0.12, 0.13,
                     0.21, 0.22, 0.23 };

       int ldb = 2;

       float B[] = { 1011, 1012,
                     1021, 1022,
                     1031, 1032 };

       int ldc = 2;

       float C[] = { 0.00, 0.00,
                     0.00, 0.00 };

       /* Compute C = A B */

       cblas_sgemm (CblasRowMajor,
                    CblasNoTrans, CblasNoTrans, 2, 2, 3,
                    1.0, A, lda, B, ldb, 0.0, C, ldc);

       printf ("[ %g, %g\n", C[0], C[1]);
       printf ("  %g, %g ]\n", C[2], C[3]);

       return 0;
     }

To compile the program use the following command line,

     $ gcc -Wall demo.c -lgslcblas

There is no need to link with the main library `-lgsl' in this case as
the CBLAS library is an independent unit. Here is the output from the
program,

     $ ./a.out
     [ 367.76, 368.12
       674.06, 674.72 ]


File: gsl-ref.info,  Node: Free Software Needs Free Documentation,  Next: GNU General Public License,  Prev: GSL CBLAS Library,  Up: Top

Free Software Needs Free Documentation
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     The following article was written by Richard Stallman, founder of
     the GNU Project.

   The biggest deficiency in the free software community today is not in
the software--it is the lack of good free documentation that we can
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   Free documentation, like free software, is a matter of freedom, not
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
terms.

   To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

     one line to give the program's name and a brief idea
     of whAT IT DOES.
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GNU Free Documentation License
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                     Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
     Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     `http://fsf.org/'

     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is
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  0. PREAMBLE

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  5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS

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  6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

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     The operator of an MMC Site may republish an MMC contained in the
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ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
====================================================

To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
the License in the document and put the following copyright and license
notices just after the title page:

       Copyright (C)  YEAR  YOUR NAME.
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
       this document under the terms of the GNU Free
       Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version
       published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
       Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no
       Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in
       the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.

   If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover
Texts, replace the "with...Texts." line with this:

       with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR
       TITLES, with the Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and
       with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST.

   If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
situation.

   If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to
permit their use in free software.

