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