RE: [boost] Math functions for statistics - a draft TR2 proposal.

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-13 17:26:06

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| Subject: [boost] Math functions for statistics - a draft TR2 proposal.
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| As promised recently, I am presenting a draft of proposals for math
| functions which are needed for even most elementary statistics.
| 
| I have been encouraged to submit this to both the C and C++ 
| Standard Library
| groups at the same time.  (They seem to speaking more than in 
| the past).
| 
| These are additions to the list drawn up by Walter Brown 
| accepted into TR-1.
| The style and format follows his closely even though there were some
| opposition to them from the C++ community.  However I think we have to
| accept that C and C++ compatibility are valued more than C++ 
| 'ideality', and not try to re-open this area of dissent.
| 

The draft has also been uploaded to my own web site

http://www.hetp.u-net.com/public/moremathfunctions.pdf

aka

http://tinyurl.com/45xk3

 220 kb.

(in addition to the Boost files area and Boost sandbox because these may be
inconvenient to access for some)

| It would be useful to have comments on
| 
| 1  Typographical mistakes.
| 2  Mathematical mistakes (prepared by someone with seriously 
| rusty math!).
| 3  The choice of functions espcially if there are any your 
| feel strongly are
| missing, or are not needed (say why).
| 4  The choice of names.  Clarity is preferred to curtness.
| 5  The choice of names for derivatives like the inverse and 
| complement. I
| have added suffixes _inc and _c (or _com?).
|  ( for C there will be suffixes f and l for the float and long double
| versions).
| 
| Thanks.
| 
| Paul
| Paul A Bristow
| Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB
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