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1. Introduction to GSL

The GNU Scientific Library ( GSL) is a vast collection of robust and well documented numerical functions. It includes support for many special functions, random numbers, interpolation and integration routines, and much more. For more information about GSL, visit http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/.

Many of the routines in the GSL may be made available to the S-lang interpreter via the GSL modules described by this document, whose most recent version may be found at http://space.mit.edu/CXC/software/slang/modules/gsl/.

At the moment, the following GSL modules are available:

There are many functions that are not yet wrapped. For example, none of GSL's ODE functions have been wrapped. Future releases of the GSL module will include more functionality. Nevertheless, what has been implemented should prove useful.


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