> > No, it doesn't implement Lomb-Scargle yet. I've got some Fortran lying
> > around that I was going to template the Java on if I couldn't find
> > something that "just did it", which is suprisingly hard in Java for this
> > sort of numerical stuff... I might have to dig out my copy of NR and make
> > sure my Fortran isn't based on it.
>
> Dave recently bought a couple of numerical methods books for the
> Starlink Library.
>
> Hang Lau's "A Numerical Library in Java for Scientists and Engineers" is
> a massive tome, essentially a reference book, equivalent to SUN/238
> (KAPLIBS) description of the various classes and methods, but also has
> uncommented code listings, some going on for many pages, and worked
> examples. It has classes for FFTs asnd some time-series analysis.
>
> Thet code was adapted from the Dutch NUMAL library. The introduction
> mentioned comparisons with commercial libraries such as NAG and IMSL. I
> see no mention of any licensing constraints. The library is offered as
> a research tool. A CD is provided with the source code.
Interesting, could someone at RAL drop the contents of this CDROM onto a
disk us poor isolated contract type people can access?
Al.
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