>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas.pettiaux at ael.be> writes:
Nicolas> 2006/4/17, Raymond Toy <raymond.toy at ericsson.com>:
>> FWIW, I have versions of ODEPACK (initial value problem of odes, but
>> not all of the included methods work), MINPACK (numerical solutions
>> for nonlinear equations and nonlinear least squares problems), and
>> HOMPACK (solves nonlinear systems of of equations using homotopy
>> methods). (All translated from Fortran via f2cl.)
>>
>> They basically work and pass the examples given in the packages, but I
>> never bothered to integrate them with maxima in any form. I also have
>> FISHPACK (solution of separable elliptic partial differential
>> equations), but I'm not sure that works or not.
Nicolas> If they work well and could be organized into packages that could
Nicolas> easily integrate in maxima, this would be a very good step forward.
Nicolas> Would this represent much work, for example for someone like you who
Nicolas> knows how to proceed ?
It wouldn't be particularly hard. I just wouldn't know what the
appropriate interface would be, since I don't really need any of
these.
As a start, however, perhaps I can come up with a simple[1] interface for
minpack or odepack for the main routines in these packages.
Ray
Footnotes:
[1] "Simple" in the sense of looking very much like the Fortran
interface, not necessarily simple for the user to use.