[Rd] Projects

A.J. Rossini rossini@blindglobe.net
14 Sep 2000 09:52:48 -0700


>>>>> "MM" == Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:


    MM> 2) For Computer Scientists : "Differentiation" / Symbolic
    MM> derivatives,..

    MM>    Improve the possibilities of D() and deriv(), and document
    MM> them.  Make these user-extensible.

    MM>    Think about the hessian in addition to the gradient.

Even automating/specifications for numerical derivatives would be
nice. 


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