mike@ednor.UUCP (Mike Jones) (08/22/88)
A friend of mine is looking for a library of functions or a package to do the kind of higher-level math that physicists do (he wasn't too specifi). It must run on an IBM-PC with 640 Kbytes of memory. He mentioned one package called MathLab. Any info on it or similiar packages, especially ones in the public domain, would be greatly appreciated. As I don't regularly read these news groups, please send responses via e-mail. Mike Jones
link@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link) (08/23/88)
In article <619@ednor.UUCP> mike@ednor.UUCP (Mike Jones) writes: > >A friend of mine is looking for a library of functions or a package to do the >kind of higher-level math that physicists do (he wasn't too specifi). It >must run on an IBM-PC with 640 Kbytes of memory. I do theoretical space physics models on computers, and have taught a 3-rd year level course in numerical analysis to physics students. The best book I can recommend is: Numerical recipes - The art of scientific computing by Press, Flannery, Teukolsky and Vetterling. Cambridge Press, 1986. The original book is in Fortran, with Pascal listings given in an appendix. There is now a C version of the book. There are about 200 routines, which are available in FORTRAN, Pascal, and C versions on disk for $20. The book costs about $30 - $40. There is also an 'Example Book' (users' guide) for about $20. The routines are very good in both numerical techniques and in implementation. Go for it! Richard Link, Ph.D. Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley link@ssl.berkeley.edu P.S. I am not connected with Cambridge Press, nor do I know any of the authors.
danny@wdl1.UUCP (Daniel Abramovitch) (08/23/88)
/ wdl1:comp.sys.ibm.pc / mike@ednor.UUCP (Mike Jones) / 7:07 pm Aug 21, 1988 / A friend of mine is looking for a library of functions or a package to do the kind of higher-level math that physicists do (he wasn't too specifi). It must run on an IBM-PC with 640 Kbytes of memory. He mentioned one package called MathLab. Any info on it or similiar packages, especially ones in the public domain, would be greatly appreciated. As I don't regularly read these news groups, please send responses via e-mail. Mike Jones ----------