Re: Numerical Analysis - Root Finding

In general numerical analysis methods are closer to what you would term applied math, so it makes sense to have a package implementing one (or a series) of them in the Math category. I looked very briefly at the code and it looks like it could be PEAR-ized. We all should be aware that the PHPMath group (phpmath.com) is also interested in this code, so we should not duplicate efforts. The PHPMath group aims to generate self-contained functions that can be easily copied/integrated in anyone's code. It might be a good approach to also come up with automated (or even semi-automated) way of creating these distributable functions, as well as packages that can be installed using the PEAR package manager. I am guessing (have not had time to think on all the ramifications of this), that in PHPMath we could use a naming convention for the functions (names and files), and then use the classification Paul is already creating there [1] to come up with package names in the PHPMath "namespace", which could then be distributed via PEAR and/or the PHPMath site. If that were the case, once the functions in Firman's code are packaged it could be named PHPMath_Numeric_RootFinding or PHPMath_RootFinding. I would prefer the first name as there is other code in PHPMath that implements numerical analysis algorithms. Comments? Ideas? [1] http://www.phpmath.com/files --- David Grant <david@grant.org.uk> wrote: > Firman, > > Firman Wandayandi wrote: > > It's looks good. But Math_Analysis is too weird, I never seen anykind about > > that. > > > > Numerical_Analysis_RootFinding? it's too long. > > Numerical_RootFinding? > > The reason I chose the Math_ prefix is because there is already a Math > package set in PEAR. The same cannot be said for Numerical. > > Regards, > > David > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== -- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) Research: http://metallo.scripps.edu/ Personal: http://www.castagnetto.org/ PEAR stuff: http://pear.php.net/user/jmcastagnetto __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com