[Scilab-Dev] How to add features in Scilab Was: Gmp in scilab revisited.

[Jonathan Blanchard]

It would also be an impressive learning and research tool for number
theory and algorithm design etc etc. This would also open the
possibility of Scilab as a rapid prototyping platform. Certainly I do
not expect Scilab to find the next prime number but with gmp/mpfr in
Scilab it can at least manipulate it.

Although I'm working on gmp right now my real use personally would be
mpfr. Arbitrary precision floating point calculation can be very
useful for some simulations and data analysis. It also enable the
studying of near ill-defined problems.

Jonathan Blanchard



On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Michael Baudin
<michael.baudin at scilab.org> wrote:
> After Claude and Sylvestre suggestions, I reply to myself :
> - cryptography,
> - robotics,
> - etc...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary-precision_arithmetic
>
> "Motivations for an Arbitrary Precision Interval Arithmetic and the MPFI
> Library" :
> http://www.springerlink.com/content/q17l0u8840151310/
>
> Regards,
>
> Michaël
>
> Michael Baudin a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a little off-topic, but discussing with
>> colleagues yesterday, it appears that I have
>> no idea of scientific application of arbitrary
>> precision computations.
>> Can you give some examples (may be yours) ?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michaël
>
>