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Re: [Help-gsl] gsl_sf_beta efficiency question


From: Brian Gough
Subject: Re: [Help-gsl] gsl_sf_beta efficiency question
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:13:26 +0000
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At Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:57:34 +0100,
Helfer Thomas wrote:
> I measured the CPU time to compute each solution using the rdtsc
> assembly function (my processor is an Intel P4).
> The results where quite surprising: using the Gamma function
> (gsl_sf_gamma) to compute the Beta function seems to be 2x more
> efficient than using directly the Beta function (gsl_sf_beta).

Hello,

The source is in specfunc/beta.c if you want to see the
implementation.

-- 
Brian Gough
(GSL Maintainer)

Network Theory Ltd,
Publishing the GSL Manual - http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/manual/




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