Re: [Bug-gsl] Typos in the manual (part 1)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Brian,

* Brian Gough wrote on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 07:27:16PM CEST:
> At Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:05:09 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > here's the first set of typos in the manual.  If there is some you
> > prefer to not have fixed, ping me and I'll redo the patch.
> 
> Thanks Ralf, that's amazing - I will apply it!

Cool, thanks.  Here's the second part, not all that much left.

Cheers,
Ralf

2010-07-28  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>

        * doc/multimin.texi, doc/rng.texi, doc/siman.texi,
        doc/specfunc-gamma.texi, doc/statistics.texi: Fix typos.
        * specfunc/gsl_sf_gamma.h: Fix typos in comments.

=== modified file 'doc/multimin.texi'
--- doc/multimin.texi   2010-04-07 21:38:42 +0000
+++ doc/multimin.texi   2010-07-28 19:51:45 +0000
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 If the iteration encounters an unexpected problem then an error code
 will be returned.  The error code @code{GSL_ENOPROG} signifies that
 the minimizer is unable to improve on its current estimate, either due
-to numerical difficulty or because a genuine local mimimum has been
+to numerical difficulty or because a genuine local minimum has been
 reached.
 @end deftypefun
 

=== modified file 'doc/rng.texi'
--- doc/rng.texi        2010-02-14 10:43:23 +0000
+++ doc/rng.texi        2010-07-28 19:38:10 +0000
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 In particular, this function is not intended for generating the full range of
 unsigned integer values @c{$[0,2^{32}-1]$} 
 @math{[0,2^32-1]}. Instead
-choose a generator with the maximal integer range and zero mimimum
+choose a generator with the maximal integer range and zero minimum
 value, such as @code{gsl_rng_ranlxd1}, @code{gsl_rng_mt19937} or
 @code{gsl_rng_taus}, and sample it directly using
 @code{gsl_rng_get}.  The range of each generator can be found using
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@
 prevent the seed taking an even value.  The upper 16 bits of 
 @math{x_1}
 are set to 0. A consequence of this procedure is that the pairs of seeds
-2 and 3, 4 and 5, etc produce the same sequences.
+2 and 3, 4 and 5, etc.@: produce the same sequences.
 
 The generator compatible with the CRAY MATHLIB routine RANF. It
 produces double precision floating point numbers which should be

=== modified file 'doc/siman.texi'
--- doc/siman.texi      2010-02-14 10:43:23 +0000
+++ doc/siman.texi      2010-07-28 19:38:10 +0000
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 @node Trivial example
 @subsection Trivial example
 
-The first example, in one dimensional cartesian space, sets up an energy
+The first example, in one dimensional Cartesian space, sets up an energy
 function which is a damped sine wave; this has many local minima, but
 only one global minimum, somewhere between 1.0 and 1.5.  The initial
 guess given is 15.5, which is several local minima away from the global

=== modified file 'doc/specfunc-gamma.texi'
--- doc/specfunc-gamma.texi     2009-07-16 09:10:38 +0000
+++ doc/specfunc-gamma.texi     2010-07-28 19:44:06 +0000
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 The maximum value of @math{n} such that @math{n!} is not
 considered an overflow is given by the macro @code{GSL_SF_FACT_NMAX}
 and is 170.
address@hidden exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_OVRFLW
address@hidden exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EOVRFLW
 @end deftypefun
 
 @deftypefun double gsl_sf_doublefact (unsigned int @var{n})
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 The maximum value of @math{n} such that @math{n!!} is not
 considered an overflow is given by the macro @code{GSL_SF_DOUBLEFACT_NMAX}
 and is 297.
address@hidden exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_OVRFLW
address@hidden exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EOVRFLW
 @end deftypefun
 
 @deftypefun double gsl_sf_lnfact (unsigned int @var{n})
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 @deftypefun double gsl_sf_poch (double @var{a}, double @var{x})
 @deftypefunx int gsl_sf_poch_e (double @var{a}, double @var{x}, gsl_sf_result 
* @var{result})
 @cindex Pochhammer symbol
address@hidden Apell symbol, see Pochammer symbol
address@hidden Apell symbol, see Pochhammer symbol
 These routines compute the Pochhammer symbol @math{(a)_x = \Gamma(a +
 x)/\Gamma(a)}.  The Pochhammer symbol is also known as the Apell symbol and
 sometimes written as @math{(a,x)}.  When @math{a} and @math{a+x} 

=== modified file 'doc/statistics.texi'
--- doc/statistics.texi 2010-02-14 10:43:23 +0000
+++ doc/statistics.texi 2010-07-28 19:47:47 +0000
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 where @math{x_i} are the elements of the dataset @var{data}.  Note that
 the normalization factor of @math{1/(N-1)} results from the derivation
 of @math{\Hat\sigma^2} as an unbiased estimator of the population
-variance @math{\sigma^2}.  For samples drawn from a gaussian distribution
+variance @math{\sigma^2}.  For samples drawn from a Gaussian distribution
 the variance of @math{\Hat\sigma^2} itself is @math{2 \sigma^4 / N}.
 
 This function computes the mean via a call to @code{gsl_stats_mean}.  If
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 @end ifinfo
 @noindent
 The kurtosis measures how sharply peaked a distribution is, relative to
-its width.  The kurtosis is normalized to zero for a gaussian
+its width.  The kurtosis is normalized to zero for a Gaussian
 distribution.
 @end deftypefun
 

=== modified file 'specfunc/gsl_sf_gamma.h'
--- specfunc/gsl_sf_gamma.h     2007-07-02 18:34:24 +0000
+++ specfunc/gsl_sf_gamma.h     2010-07-28 19:42:03 +0000
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 /* n!
  *
- * exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_OVRFLW
+ * exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EOVRFLW
  */
 int gsl_sf_fact_e(const unsigned int n, gsl_sf_result * result);
 double gsl_sf_fact(const unsigned int n);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 
 /* n!! = n(n-2)(n-4) ... 
  *
- * exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_OVRFLW
+ * exceptions: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EOVRFLW
  */
 int gsl_sf_doublefact_e(const unsigned int n, gsl_sf_result * result);
 double gsl_sf_doublefact(const unsigned int n);