TEST_VALUES
Sample Function Values


TEST_VALUES is a MATLAB library which returns a few selected values of various functions.

The intent of TEST_VALUES is to provide a means of making very simple tests for correctness of software designed to compute a variety of functions. The testing can be done automatically. The data provided is generally skimpy, and might not test the algorithm over a suitably wide range. It does, however, provide a small amount of reassurance that a given computation is (or is not) computing the appropriate quantity, and doing so reasonably accurately.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

TEST_VALUES is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATHEMATICA version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

CORDIC, a MATLAB library which use the CORDIC method to compute certain elementary functions.

FN, a MATLAB library which approximates elementary and special functions using Chebyshev polynomials, by Wayne Fullerton.

GSL, a C++ library which evaluates many special functions.

LEGENDRE_POLYNOMIAL, a MATLAB library which evaluates the Legendre polynomial and associated functions.

POLPAK, a MATLAB library which computes various mathematical functions; test values for many of these functions are available in TEST_VALUES.

PROB, a MATLAB library which computes various statistical functions; test values for many of these functions are available in TEST_VALUES.

SPECFUN, a FORTRAN77 library which computes various special functions, particularly Bessel functions.

STEAM, a FORTRAN90 library which computes various functions related to the physical properties of water; test values for many of these functions are available in TEST_VALUES.

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Last revised on 23 April 2012.