Re: Is GSL still working on new features? Can I add changes?

[Patrick Alken]

Hello, yes please feel free to send a patch. Is the new algorithm better 
than the existing one? Can you demonstrate why its better?

On 10/30/24 16:12, hugohp via Users list for GNU Scientific Library 
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> Hi
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> Is GSL still working on new features?
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> I am looking at gsl_poly_complex_solve which computes the roots of polynomials.
> There are other ways (better?) of computing roots of polynomials. I am looking 
> at NAG's c02aac which uses a technique detailed in Cameron 2008.
> Source code (fortran/MIT license) is here: 
> https://github.com/trcameron/FPML/blob/master/src/fpml.f90
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> I am thinking of re-implementing this function in C and adding it to GSL.
> We can legally change license to GPL.
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> Would you accept it?
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> Regards
> Hugo
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> c02aac: https://support.nag.com/numeric/nl/nagdoc_latest/clhtml/c02/c02aac.html
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> Cameron 2008: https://www.thomasrcameron.com/pubs/PML.pdf
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