There is a library for bigfloats (not our implementation) in the world of
mpfr.
Maybe not much for hypergeometric functions at the moment.
adopting gmp and mfpr for maxima (sort of like SAGE, but more targeted),
is possible, but not without portability to N lisps, issue.
(both work fine in Allegro CL on Windows XP, but I'm not willing to vouch
for other situations...)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Raymond Toy
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:59 AM
> To: Robert Dodier
> Cc: Maxima List; Barton Willis
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] List of undocumented functions
>
> Robert Dodier wrote:
> > On 10/9/08, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> For now, if you need numerical evaluation of the hypergeometrics,
> >> you are on your own. One possibility might be GSL:
> >
> > *IF*, hypothetically speaking, GSL were available as a library
> > for Maxima, would there still be reason to develop
> > numerical functions for hypogeometric functions in Maxima?
>
> bfloats.
>
> Ray
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