Re: RFC: Differential Arithmetic Library

From: deane_yang (Deane_Yang_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-12 10:27:27

Yes! I consider this to be a very cool and useful idea, particularly
first and second order Taylor series. I was just about to
implement my own version of this library.

--- In boost_at_y..., Peter Schmitteckert (boost) <boost_at_s...> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I would like to request comments on a first step towards a 
> "Differential Arithmetic Library".
> You can find the sources and a little documentation at
> 
> 
> 
> The main idea of this templated library is to provide the 
calculation of
> a function including the derivative of the function at a given 
value.
> The use is as complicated as using complex<double> :).
> 
> Since I'd like to extend this library to include taylor series and
> more intersting things I'd like to ask if this might be interesting
> for Boost and if it's reasonable to spend some effort on 
boostifying it
> (what ever this means), more specific: is there someone interested 
in
> using it?
> 
> Best wishes,
> looking forward for your comments,
> Peter