CBLAS is C interface to the BLAS library. * * * Ubuntu Installation instructions: BLAS must be installed first. The instructions for BLAS are given at: Generalized Eigenvalue Problem & BLAS Next, wget http://www.netlib.org/blas/blast-forum/cblas.tgz tar zxf cblas.tgz Go to CBLAS folder. Open Makefiles.in in a… Read more
Here is a program that uses dgemm to multiply two matrices: matrix_mult.cpp The dgemm function is implemented using gsl blas. It can be compiled under Cygwin as: gcc -o matrix_mult_alt matrix_mult_alt.cpp -lgsl -lstdc++ And under Ubuntu as: gcc -o matrix_mult_alt matrix_mult_alt.cpp -lgsl -lgslcblas -lstdc++ *… Read more
Blas and Lapack may be installed on an Ubuntu system using the instructions at: Generalized Eigenvalue Problem * * * C++ programs that use Lapack can be compiled in Terminal or Bash shell mode via: g++ file_in -o file_out -lgfortran -llapack -lm where file_in is… Read more
The goal of this project is to solve a “very large” generalized eigenvalue problem in a “reasonable” amount of time using library functions. The mass and stiffness matrices may be either dense or sparse. Optimum routines are desired for each case. Here is description of… Read more
Scilab is an open source, cross-platform numerical computational package and a high-level, numerically oriented programming language. It can be used for signal processing, statistical analysis, image enhancement, fluid dynamics simulations, numerical optimization, and modeling and simulation of explicit and implicit dynamical systems. Scilab is an… Read more
Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors. Maxima is a descendant of Macsyma, the legendary computer algebra system… Read more
Sage Notebook is a free web-based, open-source, mathematical worksheet development environment. It is an alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB. It can perform symbolic algebraic and calculus operations. * * * Here is an example of an algebraic computation in Sage…. Partial fraction decomposition… Read more
Code::Blocks is a free C/C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It may be downloaded from: http://www.codeblocks.org/ A number of compilers may be used with Code::Blocks. MinGW is a good choice for the compiler. The Code::Blocks website has a bundled installion file that includes MinGW. Note that… Read more
On the fateful morning of 9/11, I watched the TV news coverage of the World Trade Center attack. My mind could scarcely comprehend the unfolding tragedy as I watched each tower collapse. I later wrote an article The World Trade Center Disaster: A Shock Vibration… Read more
The B-52 had about three-fourths of its vertical stabilizer bitten off by 95-mph gusts at 14,300 feet over southern Colorado in 1964. The crew later made a safe landing. * * * I have posted the September 2011 Newsletter at: http://www.vibrationdata.com/Newsletters/September2011_NL.pdf The topics include: Wake… Read more