Re: [boost] Re: Numerical Integration - continued

From: Gabriel Dos Reis (gdr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-27 18:22:20

Martin Weiser <weiser_at_[hidden]> writes:

| It appears to me that many users of such an interface do not have the 
| experience to select suitable integration points x. And even the 
| experienced ones may prefer the nodes selected by a carefully crafted 
| integration code - it's easier to use and the efficiency/accuracy is 
| probably not worse.

Indeed.  Adaptive algorithms are known to do a very good job at that
most of the time.  If a numerical integrator were to made it into
Boost, I would expect it to provide for that basic functionality.

-- Gaby