--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Romberg integration in maxima (which I initially
> translated from my numerical analysis course lab
> exercise in 1968 or so) was never intended to be
> the final word in quadrature; it was certainly never
> supposed to be used at or near singular points.
> There is also a bigfloat version of it, I think.
> Subsequently, other people elaborated on romberg instead
> of using a more sophisticated approach.
Dr. Fateman, it would be very interesting and possibly useful
if you were someday able to write up all the little tidbits
like this about Maxima - what various parts are supposed to
do, their limititaions, and perhaps most importantly what
would be ideal for various parts to do. You probably have
the best overall knowledge of things like this, and it could
prove valuable down the road to know which parts of Maxima
are most mathematically robust and which need updating/replacement.
CY
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