From b8dc35a3b7c823523321756bd0cf83b7e2752435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gferg <>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:59:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated
---
LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml | 2 +-
LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml | 2 +-
.../Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux.xml | 51 +++++++++----------
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
index 847fc50d..3af2990a 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
@@ -4031,7 +4031,7 @@ scanner device on a system running Linux.
Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux,
Scientific Computing with Free GNU/Linux Software HOWTO
-Updated: Jun 2004.
+Updated: Oct 2004.
Aims to show how a PC running GNU/Linux can be used for
scientific computing. It lists the various available free
software and also links on the world wide web to tutorials
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml
index 0f035e0f..4246b618 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/miscSect.sgml
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ software from John-Paul Roubelat, F6FBB.
Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux,
Scientific Computing with Free GNU/Linux Software HOWTO
-Updated: Jun 2004.
+Updated: Oct 2004.
Aims to show how a PC running GNU/Linux can be used for
scientific computing. It lists the various available free
software and also links on the world wide web to tutorials
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux.xml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux.xml
index 710e3548..306688c5 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux.xml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Scientific-Computing-with-GNU-Linux.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-
+
@@ -38,6 +35,13 @@
+
+ 1.2
+ 2004-19-10
+ M. W
+ 1 Correction and new additional links
+
+
1.1
2004-06-21
@@ -529,8 +533,7 @@
the URL linked above describes their effort.
- A tutorial on CVS is available at
+ A tutorial on CVS is available at
Gentoo Linux Documentation and a free CVS book is available
here
@@ -719,15 +722,17 @@
-
+
Maxima:
- Maxima is a symbolic computation program.
- As the link above describes it, "Maxima is a Common Lisp implementation of
- MIT's Macsyma system for computer based algebra".
- George White has maintained and extended Maxima for the last 18 years,
- but has formal permission from DOE, to release this under GPL as a derivative
- work science 1998. I am looking forward to installing this and yacas above
- to check out their symbolic computation capabilities.
+ Maxima is a symbolic computation program. The above link describes it
+ as follows, "Maxima is a descendant of DOE Macsyma, which had its origins
+ in the late 1960s at MIT. It is the only system based on that effort still
+ publicly available and with an active user community, thanks to its open
+ source nature. Macsyma was the first of a new breed of computer algebra
+ systems, leading the way for programs such as Maple and Mathematica. This
+ particular variant of Macsyma was maintained by William Schelter from 1982
+ until he passed away in 2001. In 1998 he obtained permission to release
+ the source code under GPL".
@@ -900,8 +905,7 @@ It is GNU software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
ARPACK
ARPACK is a set of Fortran77 subroutines designed to solve large scale
- eigenvalue problems. A Users Guide
+ eigenvalue problems. A Users Guide
is available. The above link also gives information about a
parallel version of ARPACK - PARPACK and a object oriented version
ARPACK++.
@@ -997,8 +1001,7 @@ It is GNU software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
runtime and redirect the output to a variety of devices at run time.
It is well documented and the full documentation is available at the
above site. It is Free for Non-Commercial Use. A user manual is available
- online at PGPLOT
+ online at PGPLOT
Users Manual
@@ -1107,10 +1110,8 @@ It is GNU software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Exposition which is a beginners guide to Linux and UNIX like
systems. I'd like to give a less intimidating (size-wise) link to a
small beginners guide, but U will find this useful after taking the
- plunge. You might also want to go through The Linux System
- Administrator's Guide and to check out
+ plunge. You might also want to go through The Linux System
+ Administrator's Guide and to check out
The Linux Administration Made Easy (LAME) guide
It attempts to describe day-to-day administration and maintenance
issues commonly faced by Linux system administrators.
@@ -1160,8 +1161,7 @@ It is GNU software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
-
+
The Beowulf Howto :
This document introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture
and provides background information on parallel programming,
@@ -1172,8 +1172,7 @@ It is GNU software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
-
+
The Parallel Processing on Linux HOWTO