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1 % Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
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2 % This is part of the Octave manual.
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3 % For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi.
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6 @setfilename liboctave.info
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31 @include conf.texi
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33 @settitle Octave C++ Classes
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37 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton.
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39 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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40 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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41 are preserved on all copies.
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43 @ignore
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44 Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the
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45 results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
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46 notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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47 (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
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49 @end ignore
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50 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
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51 this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that
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52 the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of
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53 a permission notice identical to this one.
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55 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
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56 manual into another language, under the above conditions for
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57 modified versions.
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58 @end ifinfo
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60 @titlepage
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61 @title{Octave C++ Classes}
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62 @subtitle{Edition 1.0 for Octave version @value{VERSION}}
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63 @subtitle{September 1993}
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64 @author{John W. Eaton}
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65 @page
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66 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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67 Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton.
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69 This is the first edition of the documentation for Octave's C++ classes,
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70 and is consistent with version @value{VERSION} of Octave.
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72 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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73 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
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74 are preserved on all copies.
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76 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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77 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
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78 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
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79 notice identical to this one.
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81 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
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82 into another language, under the same conditions as for modified versions.
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83 @end titlepage
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85 @ifinfo
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86 @node Top, Acknowledgements, (dir), (dir)
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87 @top
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88
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89 This manual documents how to use, install and port Octave's C++ class
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90 library, and how to report bugs. It corresponds to Octave version
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91 @value{VERSION}.
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92 @end ifinfo
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95
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96 @menu
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97 * Acknowledgements::
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98 * Copying::
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99 * Introduction::
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100 * Arrays::
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101 * Matrix and Vector @var{Operations}::
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102 * Matrix Factorizations::
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103 * Ranges::
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104 * Nonlinear Functions::
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105 * Nonlinear Equations::
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106 * Optimization::
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107 * Quadrature::
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108 * Ordinary Differential Equations::
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109 * Differential Algebraic Equations::
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110 * Error Handling::
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111 * Installation::
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112 * Bugs::
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113 * Concept Index::
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114 * Function Index::
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115
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116 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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117
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118 Acknowledgements
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119
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120 * Contributors:: People who contributed to developing of Octave.
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121
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122 Arrays
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123
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124 * Constructors and Assignment::
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125
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126 Optimization
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127
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128 * Objective Functions::
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129 * Bounds::
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130 * Linear Constraints::
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131 * Nonlinear Constraints::
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132 * Quadratic Programming::
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133 * Nonlinear Programming::
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135 Quadrature
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136
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137 * Collocation Weights::
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138 @end menu
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139
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140 @include preface.texi
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141 @include gpl.texi
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142 @include intro.texi
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143 @include array.texi
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144 @include matvec.texi
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145 @include factor.texi
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146 @include range.texi
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148 @include nleqn.texi
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149 @include optim.texi
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150 @include quad.texi
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151 @include diffeq.texi
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153 @include error.texi
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154 @include install.texi
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155 @include bugs.texi
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156 @include cp-idx.texi
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157 @include fn-idx.texi
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159 @contents
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161 @bye