RE: octave-1.0.11 Comments and Queries

[Ted Harding]

On 06-Apr-98 John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  5-Apr-1998, (Ted Harding) <address@hidden> wrote:
>| B: It seems gammai(a,x) is the wrong way round
>| 
>| Is this a bug or is it intentional?
> 
> This is a bug.  Here's my fix:

Thanks! All is now well.

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>| 
>| C: The example function "oregonator" is intriguing --
>| nearly-periodic sudden bursts with long quiescent intervals! Is
>| there some background to the invention of this function?
> 
> I thought there was a reference in the source file, but it looks like
> it got wiped out somewhere along the way.  Here it is:
> 
>   Oscillations in chemical systems.  IV.  Limit cycle behavior in a
>   model of a real chemical reaction. Richard J. Field and Richard
>   M. Noyes, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 60 Number 5,
>   March 1974.

And many thanks for the reference.

Best wishes,
Ted.

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Date: 06-Apr-98                                       Time: 10:58:45
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